Sanfona Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Sanfona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanfona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Portugal571:182,7767,697
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sanfona Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sanfona is found in Portugal more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanfona? popularity and diffusion

Sanfona is the 2,220,661st most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. The last name Sanfona is primarily found in Europe, where 86 percent of Sanfona reside; 81 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 81 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name Sanfona is most numerous in Portugal, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 182,776. Excluding Portugal it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sanfougna882/
Sanfone8673/
Sanfana862/
Sanfani7112/
Zanfoni714/
Samfone711/
Zanfagna67326/
Chanfana6758/
Shanfani673/
Zanfanga672/
Sonfongo671/
Zanfonni671/

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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 Sanfona
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