Safua Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Safua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 221 | 1:598,413 | 47,561 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safua (128) may also be a first name.
Safua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safua (Hindi: सफुआ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Safua.
How Common Is The Last Name Safua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safua is the 1,028,911th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. Safua is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Safua are found; 89 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 89 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 128 people.
This surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 598,413. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Maluku, where 95 percent are found, West Papua, where 4 percent are found and East Java, where 1 percent are found. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safuad | 91 | 19 | / |
| Safuat | 91 | 8 | / |
| Saufua | 91 | 5 | / |
| Sahfua | 91 | 4 | / |
| Shafua | 91 | 4 | / |
| Saffua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Sayfua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Saefuah | 83 | 20 | / |
| Saifuat | 83 | 6 | / |
| Shafuat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Safuath | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sabua | 80 | 903 | / |
| Safwa | 80 | 390 | / |
| Savua | 80 | 116 | / |
| Cafua | 80 | 77 | / |
| Sofua | 80 | 15 | / |
| Zafua | 80 | 10 | / |
| Sefua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jafua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shahfuat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saibua | 73 | 2,547 | / |
| Siafwa | 73 | 349 | / |
| Soifua | 73 | 63 | / |
| Shabua | 73 | 36 | / |
| Shafwa | 73 | 22 | / |
| Savuat | 73 | 15 | / |
| Chafua | 73 | 13 | / |
| Saybua | 73 | 11 | / |
| Saifwa | 73 | 8 | / |
| Sa'bua | 73 | 6 | / |
| Safwah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Shefua | 73 | 4 | / |
| Jaifua | 73 | 2 | / |
| Safwaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Safwwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sabuay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sabuaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Seifua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Safwaz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Safwad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Safwai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Saephua | 67 | 1,456 | / |
| Safwatt | 67 | 123 | / |
| Shafwah | 67 | 93 | / |
| Shaibua | 67 | 10 | / |
| Safwaat | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jaifuea | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sabuhai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Saibuah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Sabueha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Seaphua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Saphuha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssaibua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sahabua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shauvva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shafwad | 67 | 1 | / |
Safua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safua in the Hindi language | ||
| सफुआ | saphu'a | - |
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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 Safua
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