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 in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Sarfaty.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarfaty? popularity and diffusion

It is the 590,896th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 13,802,170 people. The last name Sarfaty is mostly found in The Americas, where 70 percent of Sarfaty live; 65 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Sarfaty is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 343 people, or 1 in 1,056,732. In The United States Sarfaty is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 36 percent reside, California, where 21 percent reside and New Jersey, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 16 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 9 percent reside and France, where 9 percent reside.

Sarfaty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

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

Sarfaty Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sarfaty surname are 1.46% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.69% 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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