Sufiyar Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Sufiyar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sufiyar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Sufiyar (312) may also be a first name.

Sufiyar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sufiyar (Hindi: सुफियार, Marathi: सुफीयार) occurs more in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sufiyar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Sufiyar live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 50 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Sufiyar is also the 497,456th most numerous given name in the world, held by 312 people.

The last name is most common in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan it is most frequent in: Kabul, where 50 percent live and Paktika, where 50 percent live. Besides Afghanistan Sufiyar exists in 2 countries. It is also found in China, where 25 percent live and India, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sufiyarova82508/
Suphiyar8014/
Sufair7726/
Sufeyr771/
Sufajar71189/
Soufeir719/
Saufier713/
Suffair711/
Suffier711/
Soufair711/
Sufaire711/
Sauffier6749/
Shuffier671/
Sauffaer670/
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Sufiyar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sufiyar in the Marathi language
सुफीयारsuphiyara-
Sufiyar in the Hindi language
सुफियारsuphiyara66.67
सूफियारsuphiyara16.67
सूफियरsuphiyara8.33
सुफियरsuphiyara8.33

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sufiyar
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