Zaffonte Surname

1,248,410th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 185 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Zaffonte Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zaffonte Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1271:481,54949,699
Argentina511:838,10654,910
Germany71:11,500,780305,602

Zaffonte Last Name Facts

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

Zaffonte is borne by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Zaffonte? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,248,410th most frequent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,392,140 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Zaffonte reside; 69 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 69 percent reside in Italic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Italy, where it is borne by 127 people, or 1 in 481,549. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Sicily, where 51 percent live, Liguria, where 31 percent live and Piedmont, where 16 percent live. Aside from Italy this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 28 percent live and Germany, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zafonte93391/
Zafont8640/
Safonte80157/
Saffont8077/
Caffont8035/
Zafonté801/
Zafonti801/
Saffontt759/
Jayfonte751/
Safont712,053/
Sefonte6785/
Saffond6736/
Safontt673/
Zafanta672/
Sofonte671/
Safante671/
Caffant670/
Caifante635/
Sofontes633/
Souffont631/
Jafant571/
Safanta5341/
Saffand531/
Sofante531/
Safound531/
Jaffand530/
Saefanti5088/
Souffant506/

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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 Zaffonte
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