Safoura Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Safoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 87 | 1:210,944 | 4,485 |
| Niger | 50 | 1:383,840 | 10,800 |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | 1:607,138 | 17,958 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Safoura (33,135) may also be a first name.
Safoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safoura (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻓﻮﺭﻩ) is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Safoura? popularity and diffusion
The last name Safoura is the 1,263,456th most frequent last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Safoura reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 25,801st most widespread given name at a global level. It is borne by 33,135 people.
It is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 87 people, or 1 in 210,944. In Burkina Faso Safoura is most frequent in: Sahel Region, where 98 percent reside, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 1 percent reside and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Burkina Faso this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 27 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 21 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safoura Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safoura in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻓﻮﺭﻩ | safwrh | - |
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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 Safoura
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