Zafars Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Zafars Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zafars Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Zafars (4) may also be a first name.

Zafars Last Name Facts

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

Zafars is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zafars? popularity and diffusion

The last name Zafars is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Zafars reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Zafars is also the 6,192,526th most frequent forename on earth, held by 4 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 16,076,592. In Afghanistan Zafars is most numerous in: Khost, where 50 percent reside and Paktia, where 50 percent reside. Apart from Afghanistan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and Pakistan, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zatfarsh861/
Jafars83110/
Safars8312/
Zafers831/
Szafors7725/
Zaffers7710/
Jafarst779/
Safarsh771/
Seafars770/
Scafars770/
Jaffars770/
Ja'afars711/
Saffairs710/
Safers67102/
Zefers672/
Schaffars671/
Zofers670/

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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 Zafars
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