Sarfian Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Israel

Sarfian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarfian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Sarfian (39) may also be a first name.

Sarfian Last Name Facts

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

Sarfian is most common in Indonesia. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Sarfian click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarfian? popularity and diffusion

Sarfian is the 5,057,639th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 93 percent of Sarfian are found; 80 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 80 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sarfian is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 39 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Sarfian is primarily concentrated in: Riau Islands, where 58 percent are found, East Nusa Tenggara, where 33 percent are found and Southeast Sulawesi, where 8 percent are found. Barring Indonesia it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sharfian9317/
Sarfiant934/
Sarrfian933/
Saharfian881/
Jarfian8674/
Zarfian867/
Serfian863/
Sarfyan861/
Sorfian861/
Sherfian801,228/
Zarfjian803/
Sorfyan7110/
Zerfian712/
Serfyan711/
Sherfyan671/
Jorffian671/
Sherfjyan633/
Djarfyang631/
Zorphian531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sarfian
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