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 surname Sarfon occurs most in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sarfon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most prevalent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Sarfon reside; 50 percent reside in East Africa and 50 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Sarfon is also the 4,213,784th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 8 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Sarfon is most common in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Tanzania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 38 percent live and Mexico, where 13 percent live.
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