Shafran Surname
Approximately 4,004 people bear this surname
Shafran Surname Definition:
(from an ancestor's occupation) or (from a personal characteristic) Russian for “saffron,” and the name would signify either a merchant who sold this spice or the one who had saffron-colored (red) hair.
Shafran Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1,316 | 1:15,812 | 2,223 |
| United States | 1,055 | 1:343,563 | 30,894 |
| Ukraine | 687 | 1:66,263 | 9,518 |
| Russia | 459 | 1:313,994 | 31,822 |
| Belarus | 185 | 1:51,357 | 8,781 |
| Israel | 95 | 1:90,080 | 10,606 |
| Canada | 55 | 1:669,920 | 54,285 |
| England | 53 | 1:1,051,284 | 51,324 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Kazakhstan | 16 | 1:1,105,156 | 63,055 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Shafran (80) may also be a first name.
Shafran Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(from an ancestor's occupation) or (from a personal characteristic) Russian for “saffron,” and the name would signify either a merchant who sold this spice or the one who had saffron-colored (red) hair.
Shafran Demographics
Average Shafran Salary in
United States
$57,718 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shafran Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shafran Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shafran (Hindi: शाफरान, Russian: Шафран) is found in Sri Lanka more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Shafran? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 115,346th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,820,066 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 40 percent of Shafran live; 33 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,075,395th most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 80 people.
Shafran is most frequently held in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 1,316 people, or 1 in 15,812. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 26 percent are found and Ukraine, where 17 percent are found.
Shafran Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shafran last name is chiefly Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Catholic (43%) in Belarus and Orthodox (71%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Shafran last name are 43.16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.39% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Shafran earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 33.76% more than the national average, earning $57,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 57.69% more than the national average, earning $78,344 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shafran Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shafran in the Hindi language | ||
| शाफरान | sapharana | - |
| Shafran in the Russian language | ||
| Шафран | safran | - |
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Footnotes
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