Sefar Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Sefar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 58 | 1:1,323,837 | 55,038 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Šefar (15) & Šefár (29) are calculated separately.
Sefar (91) may also be a first name.
Sefar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sefar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sefar (Hindi: सेफर, Marathi: सेफार) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šefar or Šefár. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sefar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,478,479th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name Sefar is primarily found in Asia, where 77 percent of Sefar live; 45 percent live in South Asia and 44 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 998,282nd most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 91 people.
Sefar is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 1,323,837. In Iran it is most numerous in: Isfahan Province, where 41 percent reside, Tehran Province, where 26 percent reside and Mazandaran Province, where 19 percent reside. Beside Iran it exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 33 percent reside and Argentina, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sefar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sefar in the Marathi language | ||
| सेफार | sephara | - |
| Sefar in the Hindi language | ||
| सेफर | sephara | 83.33 |
| सेफ़र | sefara | 16.67 |
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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 Sefar
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