Safoyan Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Safoyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | 288 | 1:10,174 | 800 |
| Russia | 148 | 1:973,804 | 75,698 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
Safoyan Demographics
Safoyan Political Affiliation
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Safoyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safoyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safoyan (Russian: Сафоян) has its highest incidence in Armenia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Safoyan.
How Common Is The Last Name Safoyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 657,184th most widespread family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 15,911,672 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 74 percent of Safoyan live; 64 percent live in West Asia and 63 percent live in Armeno-West Asia.
This last name is most widely held in Armenia, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 10,174. In Armenia Safoyan is primarily concentrated in: Gegharkunik Province, where 44 percent are found, Yerevan, where 26 percent are found and Kotayk Province, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Armenia this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 32 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Safoyan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Safoyan surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.
Safoyan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 2.28% less than the national average, earning $42,167 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safoyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safoyan in the Russian language | ||
| Сафоян | safoan | - |
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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 Safoyan
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