Find out how popular the last name Safadi is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Safadi.

Safadi, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Safadi surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Safadi in America

Safadi is the 57101st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Safadi surname appeared 357 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Safadi.

We can also compare 2010 data for Safadi to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Safadi

The surname Safadi is of Arabic origin, originating from the region of Greater Syria and Palestine in the Middle East. It can be traced back to the 7th century AD, during the early Islamic period.

The name Safadi is derived from the Arabic word "Safad," which refers to the ancient city of Safed (also spelled Safad or Tzfat) located in the northern Galilee region of what is now Israel. The name likely originated as a designation for someone who hailed from or had a connection to this city.

In medieval times, Safed was an important center of Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah studies. Several notable Jewish rabbis and scholars from Safed are recorded in historical documents from the 16th and 17th centuries, some of whom bore the surname Safadi.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Safadi can be found in the writings of the 13th-century Arab historian and biographer Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi, who mentions a scholar named Khalil al-Safadi (1297-1363). Al-Safadi was a prolific writer and compiled several biographical dictionaries of notable figures from his era.

Another prominent individual with the Safadi surname was the 14th-century Syrian historian and poet Salah al-Din Khalil bin Aybak al-Safadi (1297-1363). He authored several works on history, literature, and poetry, and served as a court poet for various Mamluk sultans in Egypt and Syria.

In the 15th century, the name Safadi is associated with the Ottoman-era historian and biographer Khalil ibn Aybak al-Safadi (1410-1488), who wrote a comprehensive biographical dictionary called "Al-Wafi bi'l-Wafayat" (The Comprehensive on Deaths).

Another notable bearer of the Safadi surname was the 16th-century Syrian scholar and poet Muhammad al-Safadi (1530-1588), who was renowned for his works on Arabic grammar and literature.

During the 19th century, the Safadi family was prominent in the region of Mount Lebanon (present-day Lebanon), where they held positions of leadership and influence. One of the most well-known figures from this era was Tanyus al-Shidyaq (1804-1887), a prominent writer, linguist, and intellectual who adopted the pen name Faris al-Shidyaq.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Safadi

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Safadi.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Safadi was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Safadi has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Safadi was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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