Sfarlea Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Sfarlea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sfarlea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3141:63,9427,699
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Sfârlea (91) & Sfärlea (1) are calculated separately.

Sfarlea Last Name Facts

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

Sfarlea is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Sfârlea or Sfärlea. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sfarlea? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 833,931st most numerous family name in the world, held by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. The surname Sfarlea occurs mostly in Europe, where 96 percent of Sfarlea are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most common in Romania, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 63,942. In Romania it is mostly concentrated in: Cluj County, where 47 percent are found, Bihor County, where 31 percent are found and Bacău County, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Romania this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 3 percent are found and Italy, where 1 percent are found.

Sfarlea Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sfarlea earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 35.69% more than the national average, earning R 322,452 per year and in United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sfârlea9591/
Sfärlea951/
Sfarle921/
Sferlea86179/
Sferle771,188/
Sfarli7711/
Sfârle771/
Szferle7163/
Szfarli7148/
Sfferle716/
Szfárli5716/
Sferelli5325/
Sfferelli501/
Sfferelly501/

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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 Sfarlea
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