Sahafa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Sahafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Sahafa (28) may also be a first name.
Sahafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahafa (Hindi: सहफा) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Sahafa live; 61 percent live in North Africa and 43 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 28 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Not including Egypt it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahafa in the Hindi language | ||
| सहफा | sahapha | - |
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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 Sahafa
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