Šafar Surname
Approximately 687 people bear this surname
Šafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 551 | 1:7,674 | 1,250 |
| Slovenia | 106 | 1:23,469 | 5,093 |
| Czechia | 25 | 1:425,339 | 47,625 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Safar (106,359), Šafár (286), Šafař (16), Šafář (1,222), Safár (4) & Sáfár (1,438) are calculated separately.
Šafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šafar is more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Safar, Šafár, Šafař, Šafář, Safár or Sáfár. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Šafar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Šafar is the 484,164th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,607,782 people. Šafar is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šafar are found; 96 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 96 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Croatia, where it is carried by 551 people, or 1 in 7,674. In Croatia it is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 23 percent reside, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 22 percent reside and Bjelovar-Bilogora County, where 8 percent reside. Other than Croatia Šafar occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Slovenia, where 15 percent reside and Czechia, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Šafar
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