Sapphire Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sapphire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Sapphire (1,584) may also be a first name.
Sapphire Demographics
Average Sapphire Salary in
England
£32,084
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Sapphire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sapphire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sapphire (Marathi: सफीरे) is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapphire? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,213,395th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Sapphire is primarily found in Asia, where 50 percent of Sapphire are found; 36 percent are found in Southern Africa and 36 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 194,304th most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 1,584 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa it is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent live and Gauteng, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account South Africa Sapphire is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 29 percent live and Cambodia, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sapphire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sapphire in the Marathi language | ||
| सफीरे | saphire | - |
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Sapphire Reference & Research
Saphir FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Sapphire
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