Zamfir Surname

22,096th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,611 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Zamfir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zamfir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania22,5261:891117
Spain9151:51,0954,767
Transnistria1901:2,498365
Moldova1811:19,6763,330
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Russia1501:960,82074,969
Canada1331:277,03525,971
England521:1,071,50151,923
Italy461:1,329,49377,702
Belgium321:359,27039,406
Australia231:1,173,72664,589
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Belarus191:500,05646,922
Israel171:503,39037,521
Greece141:791,41484,075
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Switzerland111:746,62949,719
Sweden111:895,16066,831
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
France91:7,380,302306,885
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Bahrain41:337,1526,054
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Cyprus41:221,2198,471
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Faroe Islands21:24,4991,578
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

The alternate forms: Zámfir (9) are calculated separately.

Zamfir (644) may also be a first name.

Zamfir Last Name Facts

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

Zamfir (Russian: Замфир) occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Zámfir. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Zamfir? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 22,096th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 296,109 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Zamfir live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Romanian Europe. Zamfir is also the 327,600th most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 644 people.

Zamfir is most frequently held in Romania, where it is held by 22,526 people, or 1 in 891. In Romania Zamfir is most frequent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 19 percent are found, Prahova County, where 9 percent are found and Argeș County, where 7 percent are found. Other than Romania this surname occurs in 50 countries. It is also found in Spain, where 4 percent are found and Transnistria, where 1 percent are found.

Zamfir Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (50%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Zamfir last name are 8.84% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.07% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Zamfir earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 79.08% less than the national average, earning €6,281 per year; in United States they earn 0.52% less than the national average, earning $42,925 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.3% more than the national average, earning $56,293 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zámfir949/
Zamfire921/
Zanfir835,670/
Zamfyr83102/
Zemfir8366/
Samfir834/
Xamfir831/
Jamfir831/
Zamfirova80591/
Samfier770/
Dzhamfer714/
Zamphire710/
Zanfirova67111/
Camfer6797/
Sanfir6782/
Zamfyrova6759/
Zanfyr6740/
Zanfer6723/
Samfirova6711/
Zemfyr676/
Janfir676/
Samfer672/
Jamfer671/

Zamfir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zamfir in the Russian language
Замфирzamfir-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Zamfir
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