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 last name Sapphire (Marathi: सफीरे) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapphire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Sapphire reside; 36 percent reside in Southern Africa and 36 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Sapphire is also the 194,304th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 1,584 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Sapphire is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent reside and Gauteng, where 20 percent reside. Outside of South Africa Sapphire occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 29 percent reside and Cambodia, where 14 percent reside.
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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