Sarfraz Surname

4,445th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126,543 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Sarfraz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sarfraz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan113,8091:1,570237
Afghanistan8,1241:3,958404
Saudi Arabia1,8681:16,5182,266
India6571:1,167,52747,225
England5441:102,42310,776
United Arab Emirates5211:17,5862,096
Kuwait2601:14,6181,974
United States1841:1,969,886126,972
Canada891:413,99536,402
Spain721:649,33429,324
France631:1,054,329115,549
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Qatar411:57,5125,907
Malaysia271:1,092,37948,277
Greece211:527,60966,013
Scotland171:314,93014,413
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Oman151:245,8654,150
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Israel111:777,96750,646
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
Norway111:467,48139,375
Hong Kong91:815,0543,802
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Wales61:515,75523,171
Denmark61:940,78647,603
China41:341,830,39216,990
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Sarfraz (153,861) may also be a first name.

Sarfraz Last Name Facts

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

Sarfraz (Hindi: सरफराज, Marathi: सराज, Oriya: ସରଫରାଜ) is found most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sarfraz? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sarfraz is the 4,445th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 57,589 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Sarfraz live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sarfraz is also the 6,821st most prevalent first name in the world, held by 153,861 people.

Sarfraz is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 113,809 people, or 1 in 1,570. In Pakistan Sarfraz is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 83 percent are found, Sindh, where 7 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent are found. Beside Pakistan this surname occurs in 48 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 6 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent are found.

Sarfraz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sarfraz last name are 0.84999999999999% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.38% registered with the party.

The amount Sarfraz earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 23.19% less than the national average, earning 265,820 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 43.49% less than the national average, earning R 134,280 per year; in United States they earn 6.81% less than the national average, earning $40,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.28% more than the national average, earning $51,311 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sarfraz Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sarfraz in the Marathi language
सराजsaraja94.49
सरफ़राजsarafaraja2.36
सारेराझsarerajha0.79
सरुराजsaruraja0.79
Sarfraz in the Hindi language
सरफराजsarapharaja72.03
सरफराज़sarapharaza11.25
सरफराज़sarapharaza6.43
सरुराजsaruraja0.96
सर्फ्राज़sarphraza0.64
सर्फ्रज़sarphraza0.32
Sarfraz in the Oriya language
ସରଫରାଜsarapharaja54.55
ସଫର୍ରାଜsapharraja45.45

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sarfraz
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