Sanftl Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Sanftl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 142 | 1:566,940 | 46,426 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
The alternate forms: Sänftl (82) are calculated separately.
Sanftl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanftl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sanftl has its highest incidence in Germany. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sänftl. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanftl? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,385,851st most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Sanftl are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
Sanftl is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 142 people, or 1 in 566,940. In Germany Sanftl is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 92 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 8 percent live and Saarland, where 1 percent live. Outside of Germany Sanftl is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 3 percent live and Australia, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sänftl | 94 | 82 | / |
| Sanftel | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sanfteil | 86 | 27 | / |
| Senftl | 83 | 135 | / |
| Senftle | 77 | 41 | / |
| Sanvtal | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sanfidel | 71 | 16 | / |
| Sanfadil | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sanvatal | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sanvitale | 67 | 682 | / |
| Sanfedele | 67 | 113 | / |
| Sinfiteli | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sanvaitul | 67 | 4 | / |
| Sanfidele | 67 | 3 | / |
| San Fidel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sanvitali | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sainvital | 67 | 1 | / |
| San Vitale | 63 | 47 | / |
| Sinfitteli | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sinfitelli | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sannavtula | 63 | 1 | / |
| Senfadl | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sinffitelli | 59 | 2 | / |
| Sena Afetal | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sinffitelle | 59 | 1 | / |
| Sanvidal | 57 | 7 | / |
| Sanvodal | 57 | 5 | / |
| San Vidal | 53 | 53 | / |
| San-Vidal | 53 | 46 | / |
| Sanvadale | 53 | 16 | / |
| Cenfetelli | 50 | 22 | / |
| Sena Vital | 50 | 5 | / |
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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 Sanftl
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