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
The surname Safua (Hindi: सफुआ) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safua? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,028,911th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 89 percent of Safua live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Safua is also the 821,896th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 128 people.
The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 598,413. In Indonesia Safua is most prevalent in: Maluku, where 95 percent reside, West Papua, where 4 percent reside and East Java, where 1 percent reside. Not including Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
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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