Syafar Surname

315,974th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,187 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Syafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Syafar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,1771:112,36111,454
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Syafar (571) may also be a first name.

Syafar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Syafar is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Syafar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 315,974th most commonly occurring surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,139,466 people. The last name Syafar is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Syafar reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Syafar is also the 350,891st most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 571 people.

Syafar is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,177 people, or 1 in 112,361. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: South Sulawesi, where 23 percent reside, West Sumatra, where 15 percent reside and Riau, where 9 percent reside. Barring Indonesia it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Singapore, where 0 percent reside and Australia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Syaffar924/
Syafair922/
Sayyafar862/
Sajyafar861/
Syofar8390/
Siafar837/
Zyafar831/
Seafar830/
Sayyadfar8065/
Syahgifar808/
Saiyadfar801/
Sayyahfar801/
Siahfar7714/
Seafair771/
Sehafar771/
Siaffar771/
Sheafar770/
Sayyadfard751/
Seyyofar711/
Seafor675/
Ceafar674/
Sajjadfard631/
Sheafor62114/
Chiafair5716/
Sheofard570/
Saijaphar531/
Scheoffar530/
Ceafor505/
Seofor500/

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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 Syafar
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