Surfan Surname

3,882,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Qatar
Highest density in:
Qatar

Surfan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Surfan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Surfan (241) may also be a first name.

Surfan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Surfan (Bengali: সুরফান, Hindi: सुरफान) is borne by more people in Qatar than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Surfan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Surfan is the 3,882,373rd most common last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Surfan live; 65 percent live in West Asia and 62 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Surfan is also the 575,894th most frequently used forename world-wide. It is borne by 241 people.

The surname Surfan is most widely held in Qatar, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 147,375. Outside of Qatar Surfan occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Suirfan9251/
Sourfan921/
Sorfan831/
Surfon830/
Sourfahan801/
Shirfan7719/
Shorfan771/
Courfan771/
Surfoon771/
Surphan771/
Suerphan715/
Churfane714/
Shirfaan712/
Zgurfean712/
Jourfane711/
Chourfane671/
Zorfan671/
Cheurfane671/
Schorfhaan631/
Surphon621/
Cheurfaã571/
Surphong571/

Surfan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Surfan in the Bengali language
সুরফানsuraphana-
Surfan in the Hindi language
सुरफानsuraphana66.67
सुर्फनsurphana11.11
सुरफनsuraphana11.11
सूर्फनsurphana11.11

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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 Surfan
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