Sanfara Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Sanfara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 75 | 1:244,695 | 4,821 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Sanfara (17) may also be a first name.
Sanfara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanfara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanfara (Hindi: सनफरा) is most common in Burkina Faso. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sanfara click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanfara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Sanfara is the 2,020,555th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. Sanfara is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Sanfara live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sanfara is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 17 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 75 people, or 1 in 244,695. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Sahel Region, where 72 percent are found, Est Region, where 25 percent are found and Centre Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Burkina Faso this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanfaraj | 93 | 85 | / |
| Sanfaraz | 93 | 29 | / |
| Shanfaraj | 88 | 5 | / |
| Shanfaraz | 88 | 1 | / |
| Zanfara | 86 | 561 | / |
| Janfara | 86 | 36 | / |
| Sanfare | 86 | 27 | / |
| Sonfara | 86 | 12 | / |
| Canfara | 86 | 11 | / |
| Sanfora | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sanfarj | 86 | 3 | / |
| Sanfari | 86 | 1 | / |
| Shanfari | 80 | 349 | / |
| Samfaraj | 80 | 7 | / |
| Chanfara | 80 | 3 | / |
| Sanfoura | 80 | 2 | / |
| Djanfara | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sainfora | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sanfoora | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sanfgare | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sionfara | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sonfaraj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Szamfara | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sanpharaj | 75 | 10 | / |
| Canfora | 71 | 2,549 | / |
| Zamfara | 71 | 263 | / |
| Samfora | 71 | 21 | / |
| Zanfari | 71 | 12 | / |
| Sanforo | 71 | 5 | / |
| Samfari | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sanfore | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chainfaray | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zanfaro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jahanfarah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sanfori | 71 | 1 | / |
| Camfara | 71 | 0 | / |
| Chanfari | 67 | 139 | / |
| Samforay | 67 | 11 | / |
| Zamfaraa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanforie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zanfoura | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanfoure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanfores | 67 | 1 | / |
Sanfara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sanfara in the Hindi language | ||
| सनफरा | sanaphara | - |
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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 Sanfara
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