Safvan Surname

413,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 842 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Safvan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safvan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India6601:1,162,22047,065
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
Qatar91:262,00030,726
United Arab Emirates81:1,145,28440,289
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Safvan (1,918) may also be a first name.

Safvan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Safvan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Safvan (Hindi: सफवान, Marathi: सफवान) occurs most in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safvan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 413,768th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. Safvan is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Safvan reside; 79 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 173,386th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,918 people.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is borne by 660 people, or 1 in 1,162,220. In India Safvan is mostly found in: Kerala, where 89 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 7 percent reside and Bihar, where 1 percent reside. Apart from India this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 19 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shafvan9222/
Safvant921/
Safvann921/
Safvane921/
Safvaan921/
Safhvan921/
Saffvan921/
Safvanck861/
Sofvan8355/
Safban833/
Sefvan831/
Zafvan831/
Saphvan7710/
Shafban771/
Safhuan771/
Sefvon671/
Safbom5027/

Safvan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safvan in the Hindi language
सफवानsaphavana98.67
सफ्वनsaphvana1.33
Safvan in the Marathi language
सफवानsaphavana92.21
सफ़वानsafavana5.19
िदवानidavana1.3

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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 Safvan
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