Safwa Surname

739,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 390 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Syria

Safwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Syria1341:144,0373,682
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Safwa (3,745) may also be a first name.

Safwa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Safwa occurs in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Safwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Safwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 739,868th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 18,686,015 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Safwa are found; 92 percent are found in West Asia and 52 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Safwa is also the 115,040th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 3,745 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Other than Saudi Arabia this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 34 percent live and Iraq, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Siafwa91349/
Shafwa9122/
Saifwa918/
Safwah916/
Safwaa912/
Safwaz911/
Safwad911/
Safwwa911/
Safwai911/
Safwatt83123/
Shafwah8393/
Safwaat839/
Shafwad831/
Safua80245/
Sofwa8065/
Savwa8021/
Safwi8013/
Zafwa809/
Safwe803/
Jafwa801/
Safwy801/
Sahafwah771/
Shafwath771/
Chafwa73784/
Safwet73366/
Sofwah7377/
Safuad7319/
Shavwa7316/
Sawbah7312/
Savwah739/
Safuat738/
Safweh738/
Saufua735/
Sahfua734/
Shafua734/
Safwot734/
Sawvas731/
Saffua731/
Savwad731/
Savwas731/
Sayfua731/
Ssabwa731/
Saabwa731/
Safwer731/
Sabwai731/
Saivwa731/
Shofwa731/
Shofwah6730/
Saefuah6720/
Saifuat676/
Shawbah672/
Shawbau671/
Saffwet671/
Shafuat671/
Shaibwa671/
Shawbay671/
Chafwea671/
Safuath671/

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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 Safwa
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