Syafir Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Syafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1:3,277,136 | 121,952 |
Syafir (104) may also be a first name.
Syafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Syafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Syafir is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Syafir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,701,480th most frequent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Syafir live; 100 percent live in Southeast Asia and 100 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 925,156th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 104 people.
The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 106 people, or 1 in 1,247,634. In Indonesia Syafir is most common in: West Sumatra, where 56 percent reside, Southeast Sulawesi, where 24 percent reside and Maluku, where 11 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syafair | 92 | 2 | / |
| Syafier | 92 | 1 | / |
| Syafer | 83 | 61 | / |
| Seafair | 77 | 1 | / |
| Seafer | 67 | 5 | / |
| Sheafer | 62 | 296 | / |
| Sehafer | 62 | 1 | / |
| Seaffer | 62 | 1 | / |
| Shiafer | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sheaffer | 57 | 5,628 | / |
| Seehafer | 57 | 1,282 | / |
| Chiafair | 57 | 16 | / |
| Seahafer | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sehaffer | 57 | 1 | / |
| Scehafer | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sceaffer | 57 | 1 | / |
| Sehaufer | 57 | 0 | / |
| Schiaffer | 53 | 2 | / |
| Sheaffeer | 53 | 1 | / |
| Schiapfer | 53 | 1 | / |
| Shehaffer | 53 | 1 | / |
| Scheapfer | 53 | 1 | / |
| Sheahafer | 53 | 0 | / |
| Ceafer | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Syafir
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