Zanfira Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Zanfira Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Zanfira Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1021:196,84219,741
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Zanfira (365) may also be a first name.

Zanfira Last Name Facts

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

Zanfira (Russian: Занфира) is borne by more people in Romania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Zanfira? popularity and diffusion

Zanfira is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Zanfira reside; 94 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 94 percent reside in Romanian Europe. It is also the 455,540th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 365 people.

It is most frequently held in Romania, where it is carried by 102 people, or 1 in 196,842. In Romania Zanfira is mostly concentrated in: Dâmbovița County, where 49 percent reside, Argeș County, where 42 percent reside and Botoșani County, where 1 percent reside. Beside Romania this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Egypt, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Zamfira861,444/
Sanfira86159/
Zanfyra869/
Szamfira803/
Zanfirou801/
Samfira71505/
Zamfyra7180/
Sanfiro718/
Zamfiroaia714/
Sanfura713/
Zanfiresch711/
Sanfiri711/
Zamfire711/
Zamfiroi677/
Zamfirou671/
Zamfieri671/
Zamfirei671/
Sanfiroj671/
Sanferaj671/

Zanfira Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Zanfira in the Russian language
Занфираzanfira-

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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 Zanfira
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