Skip to content
Name Lineage

    The surname Safi

    A surname, carried by 1,626 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S100

    Safi: #17,367 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Safi #17,367, 1,626 people Safi: #17,367 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Safi #17,367, 1,626 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Safi is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,626 people named Safi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. That is up 69% since 2000, when the Census counted 964.

    #17,367
    rank among US surnames
    1,626
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +68.7%
    change since 2000 (was #24,350)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,359Tussey1,627189,764
    #17,367Safi1,626189,880

    Who is named Safi

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    60% of people named Safi identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as two or more races and 10% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Two or more races 24%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Safi

    Safi has the Soundex code S100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S100.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Safi?
    1,626 people in the United States had the surname Safi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,880 Americans. It ranked 17,367th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Safi?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Safi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Safi getting more or less common?
    More common. 964 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,626 in 2010, up 69%.