Safter Surname

1,079,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Safter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Safter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1141:475,24339,351
Turkey751:1,037,61946,427
Northern Cyprus181:17,7234,398
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
England21:27,859,030389,889
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France11:66,422,722504,397
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Safter (972) may also be a first name.

Safter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Safter (Russian: Сафтер) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Safter? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,079,669th most frequent family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 31,823,345 people. Safter occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Safter are found; 50 percent are found in Southern Africa and 50 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Safter is also the 258,519th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 972 people.

This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 475,243. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 98 percent are found, Gauteng, where 1 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 33 percent are found and Northern Cyprus, where 8 percent are found.

Safter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Safter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Safter last name grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Safter Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Safter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 174.43% more than the national average, earning R 652,152 per year and in United States they earn 18.21% less than the national average, earning $35,292 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shafter92494/
Saftere922/
Safther922/
Safte9113/
Schafter86112/
Shaffter868/
Shaufter860/
Shaefter860/
Saftey83156/
Jafter83146/
Sefter8350/
Saftei8344/
Savter8327/
Shafte8319/
Softer8317/
Saftie837/
Sawter836/
Sabter834/
Safthe831/
Cafter830/
Schaffter801,314/
Schaefter8022/
Schasfter801/
Schafteer800/
Schaafter800/
Seifter77302/
Shefter77168/
Schafte7734/
Shofter7720/
Chafter7713/
Jaffter778/
Shafteh772/
Szefter771/
Szavter771/
Sabteer771/
Seufter771/
Shabter771/
Jafther771/
Shaftee771/
Shaftie771/
Scofter770/
Shawter770/
Shaftey770/
Sawther770/
Schaeffter7557/
Schaiffter750/
Safty736,666/
Safta734,877/
Safti731,274/
Savte73140/
Sawte7343/
Sabte7322/
Softe7312/
Schefter71600/
Schäfter71299/
Shawther710/
Schofter710/
Sowter671,767/
Shafti67400/
Sewter67335/
Szafta67142/
Scheffter6774/
Schäffter6759/
Savtyr6718/
Sovter6714/
Sabtee6711/
Shafta6710/
Schoefter679/
Shafty675/
Saftii674/
Shavte672/
Schöffter672/
Softie672/
Savthe672/
Cofter672/
Saufti671/
Shawte671/
Seiffeter671/
Sobter671/
Zafteh671/
Xavter671/
Scheifter671/
Zabter671/
Softey671/
Shabte671/
Saftaj671/
Saftih671/
Softheart671/
Sayfta671/
Saffty671/
Jofter671/
Sawted670/

Safter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Safter in the Russian language
Сафтерsafter-

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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 Safter
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