Šafer Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Šafer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 60 | 1:70,477 | 12,599 |
| Serbia | 35 | 1:204,141 | 12,371 |
| Czechia | 24 | 1:443,061 | 48,767 |
| Slovenia | 22 | 1:113,076 | 12,203 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
The alternate forms: Safer (5,295), Šáfer (4) & Sáfer (2) are calculated separately.
Šafer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šafer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šafer is found most in Croatia. It can also be found in the variant forms: Safer, Šáfer or Sáfer. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šafer? popularity and diffusion
Šafer is the 1,441,361st most commonly held family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. Šafer occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šafer live; 79 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
This last name is most widely held in Croatia, where it is held by 60 people, or 1 in 70,477. In Croatia Šafer is mostly found in: City of Zagreb, where 38 percent reside, Varaždin County, where 18 percent reside and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 17 percent reside. Aside from Croatia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 23 percent reside and Czechia, where 16 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 Šafer
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