Safrov Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Azerbaijan
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Safrov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safrov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Azerbaijan281:344,6127,537
Russia91:16,013,673414,297
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128

Safrov Last Name Facts

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

The surname Safrov (Russian: Сафров) is carried by more people in Azerbaijan than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Safrov? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,944,094th most commonly occurring last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 64 percent of Safrov live; 64 percent live in West Asia and 64 percent live in Transcaucasia.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Azerbaijan, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 344,612. In Azerbaijan Safrov is most common in: Baku, where 21 percent live, Shamkir District, where 21 percent live and Jalilabad District, where 14 percent live. Excluding Azerbaijan this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 20 percent live and Belarus, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shafrov9260/
Safrova9247/
Safroov921/
Shafrova8670/
Sayferov861/
Cafrov8346/
Sofrov833/
Safrav831/
Safrow830/
Sofrova773/
Safraev773/
Shafrof772/
Safreev771/
Shefrov771/
Caafrov771/
Seyferov7112/
Shafraev711/
Safrab671/
Schäfrova671/
Zasfrow621/
Zeyferov576/
Shefreev571/
Sheffrow570/
Souffrouw530/
Jafraf502/
Zafrab501/
Schaffraph501/

Safrov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safrov in the Russian language
Сафровsafrov-

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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 Safrov
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