Zafarkhan Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Zafarkhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zafarkhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan481:3,721,74827,543
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Zafarkhan (298) may also be a first name.

Zafarkhan Last Name Facts

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

Zafarkhan (Marathi: जफरखान) is found most in Pakistan. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Zafarkhan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zafarkhan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Zafarkhan live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Zafarkhan is also the 510,666th most frequently held forename globally. It is borne by 298 people.

The surname is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 3,721,748. In Pakistan Zafarkhan is mostly found in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 63 percent reside, Punjab, where 17 percent reside and Sindh, where 10 percent reside. Not including Pakistan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zaffarkhan958/
Zafarhan942/
Safarkhan89224/
Jafarkhan8955/
Zafarzhan892/
Zaferkhan891/
Zafarkhon891/
Zaifarhan891/
Jaffarkhan841/
Zafeerkhan841/
Zafarzhon7811/
Safeerkhan741/
Safoorkhan741/
Zaforhossen601/

Zafarkhan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zafarkhan in the Marathi language
जफरखानjapharakhana66.67
झफरखानjhapharakhana33.33

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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
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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 Zafarkhan
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