Safwath Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Maldives
Highest density in:
Maldives

Safwath Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Safwath Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Safwath (34) may also be a first name.

Safwath Last Name Facts

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

The last name Safwath is borne by more people in The Maldives than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Safwath.

How Common Is The Last Name Safwath? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Safwath live; 80 percent live in South Asia and 60 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Safwath is also the 1,775,424th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 34 people.

The last name Safwath is most common in The Maldives, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 134,724. In The Maldives Safwath is most frequent in: Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, where 33 percent live, Gnaviyani Atoll, where 33 percent live and Malé, where 33 percent live. Aside from The Maldives Safwath occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 20 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shafwath931/
Safwat9281,875/
Safwatt86123/
Safwate8610/
Safwaat869/
Sofwath863/
Shafwat861/
Safuath861/
Sabwat77308/
Sofwat7771/
Safuat778/
Safwot774/
Safwad771/
Saifuat716/
Shafwad711/
Shafuat711/
Sabwhat711/
Shahfuat671/
Seefuath670/
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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 Safwath
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