Safuru Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Safuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Safuru (17) may also be a first name.
Safuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safuru is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safuru? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Safuru live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most numerous forename globally, borne by 17 people.
The last name Safuru is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 18,469,892. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 40 percent are found and Nigeria, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saifuru | 92 | 4 | / |
| Safurau | 92 | 3 | / |
| Shafuru | 92 | 1 | / |
| Safurou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Safourou | 86 | 13 | / |
| Sefuru | 83 | 132 | / |
| Safiru | 83 | 76 | / |
| Jafuru | 83 | 19 | / |
| Sofuru | 83 | 9 | / |
| Seifuru | 77 | 66 | / |
| Shafiru | 77 | 66 | / |
| Saffiru | 77 | 5 | / |
| Jaafuru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Cafurau | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jafauru | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shofurui | 71 | 89 | / |
| Shadfourush | 71 | 6 | / |
| Zafiru | 67 | 12 | / |
| Sefiru | 67 | 5 | / |
| Soufourou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Djafourou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shefiru | 62 | 59 | / |
| Sephuru | 62 | 2 | / |
| Saforou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Saphiru | 62 | 1 | / |
| Zaafiru | 62 | 1 | / |
| Chaufouraux | 59 | 76 | / |
| Chaufouroux | 59 | 1 | / |
| Seydfourush | 59 | 1 | / |
| Shaphiru | 57 | 5 | / |
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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 Safuru
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