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
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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) occurs most in Morocco. It may be found as: Šarf. Click here for other potential spellings of Sarf.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 553,576th most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Sarf are found; 47 percent are found in North Africa and 47 percent are found in Mahgreb. Sarf is also the 368,711th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 524 people.
The surname Sarf is most frequent in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Outside of Morocco Sarf exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 15 percent are found and India, where 11 percent are found.
Sarf Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Sarf has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sarf last name rose 3,050 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sarf Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Sarf last name are 17.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 64.29% registered with the 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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