Sarafat Surname
Approximately 2,023 people bear this surname
Sarafat Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 1,081 | 1:147,416 | 5,565 |
| India | 616 | 1:1,245,236 | 49,514 |
| Nigeria | 251 | 1:705,748 | 32,514 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 24 | 1:56,832 | 4,715 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
The alternate forms: Şarafat (17) are calculated separately.
Sarafat (19,384) may also be a first name.
Sarafat Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarafat Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sarafat (Bengali: সরাফত, Hindi: सराफत, Marathi: सराफत, Oriya: ସରାଫତ) is most common in Bangladesh. It can also appear as a variant: Şarafat. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarafat? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 205,178th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 3,602,346 people. The surname Sarafat occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Sarafat reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 55 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Sarafat is also the 38,738th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 19,384 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Bangladesh, where it is held by 1,081 people, or 1 in 147,416. Not including Bangladesh this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarafat Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarafat in the Hindi language | ||
| सराफत | saraphata | 96.49 |
| शराफत | saraphata | 2.21 |
| सराफ़त | sarafata | 0.41 |
| सरफत | saraphata | 0.27 |
| सरफात | saraphata | 0.25 |
| सराफात | saraphata | 0.22 |
| साराफत | saraphata | 0.06 |
| सराफट | saraphata | 0.02 |
| Sarafat in the Marathi language | ||
| सराफत | saraphata | 75.5 |
| सरफात | saraphata | 7.95 |
| सरफत | saraphata | 7.28 |
| शराफत | saraphata | 3.31 |
| सराफात | saraphata | 2.65 |
| रफ़ातुाह | rafatuaha | 0.66 |
| करामत | karamata | 0.66 |
| साराफात | saraphata | 0.66 |
| सरकार | sarakara | 0.66 |
| शहादत | sahadata | 0.66 |
| Sarafat in the Oriya language | ||
| ସରାଫତ | saraphata | 57.78 |
| ସରାଫତ୍ | saraphat | 31.11 |
| ସାରାଫତ | saraphata | 2.22 |
| ସରାଫାତ | saraphata | 1.11 |
| ସରାପଂତ | sarapanta | 1.11 |
| ସରାଫହ୍ | saraphah | 1.11 |
| ସରଫାତ୍ | saraphat | 1.11 |
| ଶରଫତ | saraphata | 1.11 |
| ମେହର | mehara | 1.11 |
| ସରାଫ | sarapha | 1.11 |
| Sarafat in the Bengali language | ||
| সরাফত | saraphata | 50 |
| সরফত | saraphata | 32.14 |
| সরফৎ | saraphat | 3.57 |
| সারপত | sarapata | 3.57 |
| সরফত্্ | saraphat | 3.57 |
| সরাফৎ | saraphat | 3.57 |
| সরাফত্্ | saraphat | 3.57 |
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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 Sarafat
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