Sanft Surname

306,004th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Tonga

Sanft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sanft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4761:761,46859,318
Tonga3501:30769
Germany2511:320,73932,146
New Zealand741:61,1949,493
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Samoa91:21,534479
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
England21:27,859,030389,889
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Sanft Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sanft (Russian: Санфт) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sanft click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sanft? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sanft is the 306,004th most widely held last name globally, held by around 1 in 5,896,073 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 41 percent of Sanft reside; 41 percent reside in North America and 41 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname Sanft is most common in The United States, where it is held by 476 people, or 1 in 761,468. In The United States it is most common in: California, where 21 percent are found, Minnesota, where 9 percent are found and New York, where 8 percent are found. Beside The United States it occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Tonga, where 28 percent are found and Germany, where 20 percent are found.

Sanft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sanft has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 2,505 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sanft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sanft are 6.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.87% registered with the political party.

The amount Sanft earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 16.14% more than the national average, earning $50,113 USD per year and in Canada they earn 48.44% more than the national average, earning $73,748 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sanf8955/
Zanft8034/
Sanfe8010/
Shanf808/
Sanwt807/
Sanvt804/
Sanff801/
Sainf801/
Schanf732/
Shanfe732/
Sainfe731/
Shanff731/
Sanb67104/
Sanv6772/
Sanw6721/
Samf679/
Saanvte672/
Shahanf671/
Shainvt671/
Sonf671/

Sanft Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sanft in the Russian language
Санфтsanft-

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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 Sanft
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