Zamfir Surname
Approximately 24,611 people bear this surname
Zamfir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 22,526 | 1:891 | 117 |
| Spain | 915 | 1:51,095 | 4,767 |
| Transnistria | 190 | 1:2,498 | 365 |
| Moldova | 181 | 1:19,676 | 3,330 |
| United States | 166 | 1:2,183,488 | 137,532 |
| Russia | 150 | 1:960,820 | 74,969 |
| Canada | 133 | 1:277,035 | 25,971 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Italy | 46 | 1:1,329,493 | 77,702 |
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Belarus | 19 | 1:500,056 | 46,922 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Greece | 14 | 1:791,414 | 84,075 |
| Netherlands | 13 | 1:1,299,014 | 73,030 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 | 1:24,499 | 1,578 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Zámfir (9) are calculated separately.
Zamfir (644) may also be a first name.
Zamfir Demographics
Zamfir Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Zamfir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamfir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zamfir (Russian: Замфир) is found most frequently in Romania. It may also be found as: Zámfir. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamfir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 22,096th most frequently occurring last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 296,109 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Zamfir live; 94 percent live in Eastern Europe and 92 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 327,600th most widely held first name internationally. It is borne by 644 people.
It is most widely held in Romania, where it is held by 22,526 people, or 1 in 891. In Romania it is primarily concentrated in: Bucharest Municipality, where 19 percent live, Prahova County, where 9 percent live and Argeș County, where 7 percent live. Barring Romania it exists in 50 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 4 percent live and Transnistria, where 1 percent live.
Zamfir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Zamfir last name 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 Democrats than the national average, with 62.07% being registered to vote for the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zámfir | 94 | 9 | / |
| Zamfire | 92 | 1 | / |
| Zanfir | 83 | 5,670 | / |
| Zamfyr | 83 | 102 | / |
| Zemfir | 83 | 66 | / |
| Samfir | 83 | 4 | / |
| Xamfir | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jamfir | 83 | 1 | / |
| Zamfirova | 80 | 591 | / |
| Samfier | 77 | 0 | / |
| Dzhamfer | 71 | 4 | / |
| Zamphire | 71 | 0 | / |
| Zanfirova | 67 | 111 | / |
| Camfer | 67 | 97 | / |
| Sanfir | 67 | 82 | / |
| Zamfyrova | 67 | 59 | / |
| Zanfyr | 67 | 40 | / |
| Zanfer | 67 | 23 | / |
| Samfirova | 67 | 11 | / |
| Zemfyr | 67 | 6 | / |
| Janfir | 67 | 6 | / |
| Samfer | 67 | 2 | / |
| Jamfer | 67 | 1 | / |
Zamfir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zamfir in the Russian language | ||
| Замфир | zamfir | - |
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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 Zamfir
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