Safonowa Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belarus
Highest density in:
Belarus

Safonowa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safonowa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belarus341:279,44332,011
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Safonowa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Safonowa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Safonowa occurs in Belarus more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Safonowa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,843,861st most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Safonowa occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Safonowa live; 89 percent live in Eastern Europe and 89 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

It is most numerous in Belarus, where it is carried by 34 people, or 1 in 279,443. In Belarus it is most numerous in: Minsk Region, where 85 percent are found, Minsk, where 12 percent are found and Gomel Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Belarus this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 19 percent are found and Germany, where 6 percent are found.

Safonowa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Safonowa last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Belarus.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Safonowa
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