Safor Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Safor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| Pakistan | 68 | 1:2,627,116 | 22,516 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safor (1,297) may also be a first name.
Safor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safor (Arabic: سفور, Russian: Сафор) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,374,607th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 48 percent of Safor are found; 46 percent are found in Central Africa and 46 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Safor is also the 218,571st most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 1,297 people.
Safor is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 49 percent live, Northwest Region, where 34 percent live and Littoral Region, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon it is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 43 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safor in the Russian language | ||
| Сафор | safor | - |
| Safor in the Arabic language | ||
| سفور | sfwr | - |
| سعفور | sfwr | - |
| صفور | sfwr | - |
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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
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- 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 Safor
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