Sarfa Surname
Approximately 157 people bear this surname
Sarfa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 72 | 1:1,836,794 | 117,778 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Sarfa (1,021) may also be a first name.
Sarfa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarfa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sarfa (Hindi: सरफा, Marathi: सरफा, Oriya: ସାଫର୍ା) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarfa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,391,595th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Sarfa are found; 46 percent are found in South Asia and 45 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sarfa is also the 251,260th most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 1,021 people.
The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 72 people, or 1 in 1,836,794. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: North Maluku, where 39 percent reside, Southeast Sulawesi, where 36 percent reside and East Java, where 24 percent reside. Beside Indonesia Sarfa exists in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 32 percent reside and Pakistan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sarfa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sarfa in the Marathi language | ||
| सरफा | sarapha | - |
| Sarfa in the Hindi language | ||
| सरफा | sarapha | 72.84 |
| सारफा | sarapha | 12.35 |
| सर्फा | sarpha | 8.64 |
| सर्फ | sarpha | 2.47 |
| सर्फ़ा | sarfa | 1.23 |
| Sarfa in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଫର୍ା | saphara | 43.48 |
| ସାରଫା | sarapha | 39.13 |
| େସାେରନ | esaerana | 8.7 |
| ସରଫା | sarapha | 4.35 |
| ସଫର୍ା | saphara | 4.35 |
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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 Sarfa
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