Sarafas Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Sarafas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 18 | 1:615,544 | 71,673 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Sarafas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarafas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sarafas (Hindi: सरफास) is found most in Greece. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sarafas.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarafas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Sarafas live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in Helleno-Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Greece, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 615,544. In Greece Sarafas is primarily concentrated in: Central Macedonia, where 94 percent live and Attica, where 6 percent live. Not including Greece it is found in one country. It is also common in India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarafas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarafas in the Hindi language | ||
| सरफास | saraphasa | 50 |
| सरफस | saraphasa | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Sarafas
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