Sarafoleanu Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Sarafoleanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sarafoleanu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania371:542,64540,475
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Sarafoleanu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sarafoleanu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sarafoleanu is most common in Romania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sarafoleanu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarafoleanu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,185,033rd most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Sarafoleanu is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sarafoleanu live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 97 percent live in Romanian Europe.

It is most commonly used in Romania, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 542,645. In Romania it is most frequent in: Buzău County, where 86 percent live, Iași County, where 11 percent live and Dolj County, where 3 percent live. Besides Romania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Belgium, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sarafolean95115/
Serafoljan761/
Sarfilan741/
Sarvalan741/
Sarafulin706/
Saraflonn702/
Sarafilnou671/
Saraphalen671/

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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 Sarafoleanu
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