Safars Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Latvia

Safars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:11,143,612252,590
France51:13,284,544357,392
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546

Safars Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Safars Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Safars is found most in England. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safars? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Safars is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Safars are found; 58 percent are found in Northern Europe and 42 percent are found in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently used in England, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 11,143,612. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 80 percent are found and Kent, where 20 percent are found. Beside England this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 42 percent are found and Latvia, where 17 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Safarsh921/
Scafars920/
Seafars920/
Saffairs860/
Jafars83110/
Safers83102/
Zafars834/
Schaffars801/
Saffers7745/
Szafors7725/
Jafarst779/
Shafers777/
Safeers771/
Safarzz771/
Savfors771/
Seafors770/
Siefars770/
Jaffars770/
Seafers770/
Schafers71358/
Shaffers7148/
Schaffarsch714/
Sheafors713/
Shaefers712/
Zatfarsh711/
Safarche711/
Ja'afars711/
Schefars710/
Shapfers710/
Shaifers710/
Schaefers671,955/
Schaffers67755/
Sefers67193/
Schaffors6783/
Säfers6723/
Shaeffers678/
Sheaffers677/
Sefors675/
Sofers671/
Scheufars671/
Schaufers671/
Zafers671/
Scheafers671/

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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
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  • 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 Safars
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