Safakar Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Safakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 129 | 1:595,213 | 33,206 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Safakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Safakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Safakar occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Safakar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Safakar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,518,885th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 53,193,766 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Safakar live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
It is most commonly used in Iran, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 595,213. In Iran Safakar is primarily concentrated in: Kerman Province, where 33 percent are found, Khuzestan Province, where 14 percent are found and Hormozgan Province, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Iran this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent are found and Malaysia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shafakar | 93 | 57 | / |
| Safakaur | 93 | 1 | / |
| Shafakaar | 88 | 1 | / |
| Safekar | 86 | 48 | / |
| Jafakar | 86 | 23 | / |
| Sefakar | 86 | 7 | / |
| Saphakar | 80 | 19 | / |
| Safakour | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shafaqar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shafekar | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shafakor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chafadkar | 75 | 85 | / |
| Chaufakar | 75 | 4 | / |
| Savahakar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sefakor | 71 | 486 | / |
| Sahaphakar | 71 | 89 | / |
| Sefekar | 71 | 20 | / |
| Caphakar | 67 | 69 | / |
| Shefokar | 67 | 5 | / |
| Saphekar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Zuifakar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chafokar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chofakar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaphakar | 63 | 4 | / |
| Sahaphakor | 59 | 12 | / |
| Chaphadkar | 59 | 8 | / |
| Zafeqar | 57 | 1 | / |
| Zuifakor | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Safakar
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