Sarfaty Surname

590,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Sarfaty Surname User-submission:

Sarfati. 'Spanish [Jewish].' Topographical. Hebrew origins. From 'sepharad,' (ספרד, noun, Hebrew, 'Spain, Iberia'). Borne by people of patrilineal Sephardic descent. Sephardic Jews are Jews of Iberian origin, most of whom were expelled in 1492 in Spain or 1497 in Portugal.

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Sarfaty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3431:1,056,73277,214
Netherlands461:367,11340,368
France451:1,476,060142,161
Israel291:295,09125,768
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
England131:4,286,005132,302
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Sarfaty Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Sarfati. 'Spanish [Jewish].' Topographical. Hebrew origins. From 'sepharad,' (ספרד, noun, Hebrew, 'Spain, Iberia'). Borne by people of patrilineal Sephardic descent. Sephardic Jews are Jews of Iberian origin, most of whom were expelled in 1492 in Spain or 1497 in Portugal.

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Sarfaty Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarfaty occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarfaty? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sarfaty is the 590,896th most widely held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,802,170 people. The last name Sarfaty occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Sarfaty are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 1,056,732. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 36 percent are found, California, where 21 percent are found and New Jersey, where 9 percent are found. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 9 percent are found and France, where 9 percent are found.

Sarfaty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sarfaty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sarfaty surname grew 3,430 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sarfaty Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sarfaty last name are 1.46% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.69% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sarfaty earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 96.22% more than the national average, earning S/. 38,038 per year; in United States they earn 23.67% more than the national average, earning $53,363 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.47% less than the national average, earning $41,502 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sarfatty9321/
Sarfati862,761/
Sarfate8614/
Sarfatti80123/
Sarfatis8070/
Sarfatij802/
Sarfahti801/
Sarfattis751/
Zorfaty711/
Zarfate711/
Charfati674/
Sarphate670/
Sarphatie6356/
Sarphatis631/
Sarphatti631/
Zorfati572/

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