Safour Surname
Approximately 285 people bear this surname
Safour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Syria | 27 | 1:714,853 | 5,897 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Safour (16) may also be a first name.
Safour Demographics
Safour Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Safour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safour is found in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Safour click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safour? popularity and diffusion
It is the 926,175th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 25,570,337 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Safour live; 93 percent live in West Asia and 71 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 16 people.
This surname is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Barring Saudi Arabia it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 11 percent are found and Syria, where 9 percent are found.
Safour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Latin Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
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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 Safour
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