Zafar Surname
Approximately 271,146 people bear this surname
Zafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 182,381 | 1:980 | 156 |
| Afghanistan | 28,101 | 1:1,144 | 145 |
| Saudi Arabia | 13,913 | 1:2,218 | 269 |
| Bangladesh | 13,518 | 1:11,788 | 958 |
| India | 8,420 | 1:91,100 | 6,044 |
| Iran | 5,900 | 1:13,014 | 1,735 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5,149 | 1:1,779 | 214 |
| England | 2,778 | 1:20,057 | 2,843 |
| United States | 2,067 | 1:175,355 | 17,615 |
| Yemen | 1,134 | 1:23,303 | 2,365 |
| Kuwait | 868 | 1:4,379 | 591 |
| Canada | 862 | 1:42,744 | 5,305 |
| Qatar | 652 | 1:3,617 | 362 |
| Oman | 632 | 1:5,835 | 835 |
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Bahrain | 529 | 1:2,549 | 407 |
| Iraq | 362 | 1:96,745 | 2,963 |
| Spain | 355 | 1:131,696 | 10,008 |
| Australia | 333 | 1:81,068 | 9,424 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Indonesia | 255 | 1:518,624 | 42,226 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| France | 224 | 1:296,530 | 45,363 |
| Thailand | 152 | 1:464,726 | 81,315 |
| Malaysia | 137 | 1:215,286 | 12,518 |
| Scotland | 130 | 1:41,183 | 3,837 |
| Germany | 119 | 1:676,516 | 52,308 |
| Hong Kong | 112 | 1:65,495 | 1,203 |
| Greece | 93 | 1:119,138 | 20,020 |
| Sweden | 90 | 1:109,408 | 7,883 |
| Norway | 69 | 1:74,526 | 10,434 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Denmark | 56 | 1:100,798 | 9,513 |
| Belgium | 48 | 1:239,513 | 29,891 |
| South Africa | 45 | 1:1,203,949 | 68,637 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Ireland | 41 | 1:114,852 | 5,857 |
| Tajikistan | 41 | 1:204,553 | 1,909 |
| Uzbekistan | 38 | 1:813,925 | 16,450 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Kazakhstan | 28 | 1:631,518 | 43,439 |
| Russia | 27 | 1:5,337,891 | 231,865 |
| Wales | 27 | 1:114,612 | 8,773 |
| Italy | 22 | 1:2,779,849 | 97,128 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| South Korea | 7 | 1:7,320,037 | 1,243 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
The alternate forms: Záfár (1) are calculated separately.
Zafar (673,585) may also be a first name.
Zafar Demographics
Zafar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Zafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zafar (Arabic: زفار, Bengali: জাফর, Hindi: जफर, Marathi: आतार, Oriya: ଜାଫର, Russian: Зафар) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Záfár. Click here for other possible spellings of Zafar.
How Common Is The Last Name Zafar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,026th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,877 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Zafar are found; 88 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,456th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 673,585 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 182,381 people, or 1 in 980. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 72 percent are found, Sindh, where 15 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Pakistan this last name is found in 99 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 10 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent are found.
Zafar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Zafar surname are 1.12% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 54.35% being registered with the political party.
The amount Zafar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 32.54% less than the national average, earning 233,481 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 18.72% less than the national average, earning R 193,152 per year; in United States they earn 22.94% more than the national average, earning $53,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.01% more than the national average, earning $54,658 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zafar in the Bengali language | ||
| জাফর | japhara | - |
| Zafar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜାଫର | japhara | 71.43 |
| ଜଫର | japhara | 14.29 |
| ଯାଫର | yaphara | 4.29 |
| ଜାଫାର | japhara | 4.29 |
| ଜାଫର୍ | japhar | 1.43 |
| ଜଫର୍ | japhar | 1.43 |
| Zafar in the Hindi language | ||
| जफर | japhara | 49.39 |
| ज़फर | zaphara | 25.12 |
| ज़फर | zaphara | 8.45 |
| ज़फ़र | zafara | 6.65 |
| जाफर | japhara | 5.08 |
| ज़ाफर | zaphara | 2.07 |
| ज़ाफ़र | zafara | 1.08 |
| जफ़र | jafara | 0.49 |
| ज़फ़र | zafara | 0.22 |
| ज़फ़ऱ | zafara | 0.04 |
| ज़फ़र | zafara | 0.04 |
| Zafar in the Marathi language | ||
| आतार | atara | 41.96 |
| अतार | atara | 9.09 |
| ज़फर | zaphara | 8.39 |
| असार | asara | 7.69 |
| ज़ाफर | zaphara | 6.29 |
| अमर | amara | 5.59 |
| जाफ़र | jafara | 4.9 |
| जफ़र | jafara | 4.2 |
| अार | aara | 3.5 |
| अजर | ajara | 3.5 |
| अजरा | ajara | 2.1 |
| फ़ार | fara | 0.7 |
| ज़फ़र | zafara | 0.7 |
| Zafar in the Russian language | ||
| Зафар | zafar | - |
| Zafar in the Arabic language | ||
| زفار | zfar | - |
| ظفر | zfr | - |
| زافار | zafar | - |
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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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