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 in South Africa. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sapphire? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is mostly 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 common first name on earth It is held by 1,584 people.
It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. In South Africa Sapphire is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent are found and Gauteng, where 20 percent are found. Other than South Africa Sapphire is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 29 percent are found and Cambodia, where 14 percent are found.
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis