Safr Surname

1,628,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 123 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Safr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia261:1,134,39349,681
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

The alternate forms: Šafr (314), Šáfr (34) & Šäfr (2) are calculated separately.

Safr (96) may also be a first name.

Safr Last Name Facts

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

The last name Safr (Russian: Сафр) occurs more in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Šafr, Šáfr or Šäfr. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Safr? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,628,521st most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 59,248,341 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Safr live; 21 percent live in Southeast Asia and 21 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 968,397th most frequently used given name on earth It is held by 96 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Malaysia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 1,134,393. In Malaysia Safr is mostly concentrated in: Sabah, where 27 percent live, Sarawak, where 27 percent live and Perak, where 12 percent live. Aside from Malaysia it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 18 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.

Safr Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Safr earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 35.42% more than the national average, earning R 321,804 per year and in United States they earn 9.14% more than the national average, earning $47,094 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šafr92314/
Sajfr8918/
Shafr8916/
Saifr895/
Safhr891/
Saefr891/
Safrp891/
Saffr891/
Safrd891/
Šáfr8334/
Šäfr832/
Saifer80174/
Sayfer8086/
Sajfrt8064/
Saifrt8053/
Sajfer8024/
Seafer805/
Shaffr803/
Shaifr802/
Shahfr801/
Szaifr801/
Schafr801/
Sjadfr801/
Sheafr800/
Jafr75616/
Zafr75115/
Sofr7521/
Sefr758/
Sheafer73296/
Shaifer73256/
Safrova7347/
Saiffer736/
Schaefr735/
Shayhfr733/
Safgeer731/
Szajfer731/
Shahjfr731/
Seaffer731/
Sajffer731/
Schaffr731/
Shaeffr730/
Sheaffer675,628/
Shafrova6770/
Jaffr6756/
Shaiffer6729/
Jaafr6716/
Sajfrová679/
Schaifer679/
Saifrová677/
Shofr674/
Saphr674/
Djafr672/
Sáfer672/
Zaffr672/
Jafrh671/
Zaifr671/
Šaffr671/
Caffr671/
Sceaffer671/
Schaffrt671/
Scheaffr671/
Shefr671/
Shayffer671/

Safr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safr in the Russian language
Сафрsafr-

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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 Safr
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