Sarafun Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Sarafun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarafun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India161:47,941,586492,263
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Sarafun (2,240) may also be a first name.

Sarafun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarafun (Hindi: सरफुन, Marathi: सरफुन, Oriya: ସାରଫୁନ) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarafun? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Sarafun occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Sarafun live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Sarafun is also the 157,878th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 2,240 people.

The last name Sarafun is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 47,941,586. In India Sarafun is most frequent in: Bihar, where 100 percent live. Beside India Sarafun occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarafun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarafun in the Marathi language
सरफुनsaraphuna86.96
सराफुनsaraphuna4.35
सरफूनsaraphuna4.35
सरफुनारsaraphunara4.35
Sarafun in the Hindi language
सरफुनsaraphuna74.4
सरफूनsaraphuna14.88
सराफुनsaraphuna8.63
सराफूनsaraphuna1.49
सरीफुनsariphuna0.3
सरफुंsaraphum0.3
Sarafun in the Oriya language
ସାରଫୁନsaraphuna50
ସରଫୁନsaraphuna50

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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 Sarafun
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