Samfir Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Armenia

Samfir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Samfir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Samfir (9) may also be a first name.

Samfir Last Name Facts

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

The surname Samfir (Russian: Самфир) is found most in Romania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Samfir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Samfir occurs predominantly in Europe, where 50 percent of Samfir live; 50 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 3,941,740th most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 9 people.

The surname Samfir is most widespread in Romania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 10,038,935. In Romania Samfir is most numerous in: Argeș County, where 50 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 50 percent live. Outside of Romania this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Armenia, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Samfier920/
Zamfir8324,611/
Sanfir8382/
Samfer832/
Xamfir831/
Jamfir831/
Samfirova8011/
Scamfer7771/
Samphir7737/
Shanfir774/
Sanfier774/
Samfeer771/
Zamfire771/
Samferd770/
Sanfird770/
Sanfair770/
Samphier71145/
Samphire71104/
Schamfer711/
Zanfir675,670/
Zamfirova67591/
Sanfirova67241/
Zamfyr67102/
Camfer6797/
Sanfer6766/
Zemfir6766/
Zámfir679/
Janfir676/
Samfyrova672/
Jamfer671/

Samfir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Samfir in the Russian language
Самфирsamfir-

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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 Samfir
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