Sarf Surname
Approximately 576 people bear this surname
Sarf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Pakistan | 88 | 1:2,030,044 | 19,416 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| United States | 61 | 1:5,941,950 | 288,805 |
| Russia | 26 | 1:5,543,194 | 237,148 |
| Turkey | 18 | 1:4,323,412 | 102,143 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Šarf (55) are calculated separately.
Sarf (524) may also be a first name.
Sarf Demographics
Average Sarf Salary in
United States
$60,912 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sarf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarf Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sarf (Arabic: صرف, Hindi: सर्फ, Russian: Сарф) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Šarf. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarf? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 553,576th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,651,989 people. The last name Sarf is mostly found in Africa, where 49 percent of Sarf live; 47 percent live in North Africa and 47 percent live in Mahgreb. Sarf is also the 368,711th most commonly held first name throughout the world, borne by 524 people.
The last name Sarf is most numerous in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Excluding Morocco this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 15 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.
Sarf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sarf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sarf surname increased 3,050 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sarf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Sarf last name are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.29% being registered to vote for the political party.
Sarf earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.17% more than the national average, earning $60,912 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarf in the Hindi language | ||
| सर्फ | sarpha | 95.45 |
| सर्फ़ | sarfa | 4.55 |
| Sarf in the Russian language | ||
| Сарф | sarf | - |
| Sarf in the Arabic language | ||
| صرف | srf | - |
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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 Sarf
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