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 Political Affiliation
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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
| 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
- 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 Zamfir
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