Safras Surname
Approximately 2,815 people bear this surname
Safras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 2,631 | 1:7,909 | 1,153 |
| Greece | 58 | 1:191,031 | 30,451 |
| Qatar | 53 | 1:44,491 | 4,459 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| France | 18 | 1:3,690,151 | 224,666 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Safras (752) may also be a first name.
Safras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Safras (Marathi: साास) is carried by more people in Sri Lanka than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Safras click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safras? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safras is the 155,635th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,588,826 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Safras live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Safras is also the 299,703rd most numerous first name worldwide, held by 752 people.
The surname is most common in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 2,631 people, or 1 in 7,909. Apart from Sri Lanka this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 2 percent are found and Qatar, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safras Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safras in the Marathi language | ||
| साास | saasa | - |
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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 Safras
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