Sarfon Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sarfon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Sarfon (8) may also be a first name.
Sarfon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sarfon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sarfon is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarfon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Sarfon occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sarfon live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sarfon is also the 4,213,784th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 8 people.
Sarfon is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent are found and Mexico, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarfon | 92 | 31 | / |
| Sarfong | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sarfone | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sharfoon | 86 | 4 | / |
| Sarfoung | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sarfan | 83 | 477 | / |
| Sarfun | 83 | 12 | / |
| Serfon | 83 | 7 | / |
| Carfon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zarfon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sarfonova | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sharfan | 77 | 158 | / |
| Sharfun | 77 | 29 | / |
| Sarfung | 77 | 5 | / |
| Jarfonn | 77 | 5 | / |
| Szarfan | 77 | 5 | / |
| Sairfan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sarfann | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sarfand | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sarfaan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sarphonn | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sharfaan | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sharfand | 71 | 3 | / |
| Sarphong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Scharfan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sharfunn | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shaerfan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Charfont | 71 | 0 | / |
| Carfan | 67 | 43 | / |
| Zarfan | 67 | 29 | / |
| Cerfon | 67 | 15 | / |
| Charfoune | 67 | 9 | / |
| Jarfan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Corfon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sorfan | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sarfon
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis