Sarfra Surname

1,518,885th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Sarfra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarfra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1341:1,333,16315,264
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Sarfra (65) may also be a first name.

Sarfra Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sarfra (Hindi: सर्फरा) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarfra? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,518,885th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sarfra live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sarfra is also the 1,212,820th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 65 people.

The last name Sarfra is most common in Pakistan, where it is carried by 134 people, or 1 in 1,333,163. In Pakistan Sarfra is primarily concentrated in: Punjab, where 87 percent are found, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 6 percent are found and Sindh, where 4 percent are found. Barring Pakistan it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarfra Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarfra in the Hindi language
सर्फराsarphara66.67
सरफराजsarapharaja33.33

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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
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  • 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 Sarfra
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