Sarfar Surname

448,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Sarfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran7381:104,04110,080
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
India91:85,229,487684,495
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

Sarfar (109) may also be a first name.

Sarfar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarfar (Hindi: सरफर, Marathi: सरफार) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarfar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sarfar is the 448,561st most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 9,601,510 people. Sarfar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sarfar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Sarfar is also the 900,062nd most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 109 people.

It is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 738 people, or 1 in 104,041. In Iran Sarfar is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 98 percent live, Isfahan Province, where 1 percent live and Mazandaran Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Iran Sarfar occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 1 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sarfare922,386/
Sarfarz92670/
Sharfar922/
Sarfair921/
Sarwfar921/
Sharfard8623/
Shahrfar8612/
Sharfarz8612/
Sarfarrz862/
Saharfar861/
Sarfgaar861/
Sarfaaar861/
Jarfar8336/
Zarfar835/
Sarfor832/
Carfar830/
Shaharfar801/
Sarfore7711/
Serfaar776/
Jaarfar772/
Sarfour772/
Sarphar771/
Zarwfar771/
Jahrfar771/
Sarforz771/
Charfar771/
Djarfar771/
Sharfor770/
Scharfharr751/
Charfare71583/
Sarphare7170/
Sarffore7115/
Sharford717/
Zaharfar711/
Shoorfar711/
Shaharvar67366/
Corfar67237/
Carfor672/
Jorfar671/
Zarfor671/
Sorfort623/
Chorfar621/
Serfour621/
Sorford621/
Zarford621/
Djarfour57424/
Corfor501/

Sarfar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarfar in the Marathi language
सरफारsaraphara-
Sarfar in the Hindi language
सरफरsaraphara53.85
सरफारsaraphara46.15

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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 Sarfar
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