Safya Surname
Approximately 132 people bear this surname
Safya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 63 | 1:2,835,617 | 23,570 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safya (6,412) may also be a first name.
Safya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Safya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻔﻴﺔ, Hindi: सफया, Marathi: सैयद) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Safya.
How Common Is The Last Name Safya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Safya is the 1,558,593rd most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 55,208,681 people. The surname is mostly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Safya are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 48 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 82,099th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 6,412 people.
The last name is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 2,835,617. In Pakistan Safya is most frequent in: Sindh, where 37 percent live, Punjab, where 32 percent live and Balochistan, where 21 percent live. Outside of Pakistan this surname exists in 15 countries. It is also found in India, where 19 percent live and Egypt, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Safya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Safya in the Hindi language | ||
| सफया | saphaya | 67.95 |
| साफया | saphaya | 25.64 |
| सफ़या | safaya | 2.56 |
| सफ्या | saphya | 1.28 |
| Safya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻔﻴﺔ | sfyt | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻓﻴﺔ | alsafyt | 50 |
| Safya in the Marathi language | ||
| सैयद | saiyada | 50 |
| सयद | sayada | 50 |
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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 Safya
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