Safons Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Uruguay

Safons Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safons Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil771:2,780,18682,572
Uruguay251:137,27012,322
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Safons Last Name Facts

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

The last name Safons has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safons? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,658,108th most frequently held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 60,729,549 people. The surname Safons occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Safons are found; 93 percent are found in South America and 64 percent are found in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 2,780,186. In Brazil it is most frequent in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 88 percent are found, Goiás, where 4 percent are found and Santa Catarina, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Brazil it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Uruguay, where 21 percent are found and Argentina, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saffons9222/
Safonst925/
Safosins861/
Seffons771/
Sepfons771/
Safutins711/
Schafgans6738/
Schaffgans6328/
Seifans626/
Sephons623/
Seffans622/
Safunze621/
Sefaans621/
Sephans620/
Jaafaans571/

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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 Safons
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