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 last name Šafer has its highest incidence in Croatia. It may also be rendered as a variant: Safer, Šáfer or Sáfer. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Šafer? popularity and diffusion
The surname Šafer is the 1,441,361st most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šafer reside; 79 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 79 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Šafer is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 70,477. In Croatia Šafer is most prevalent in: City of Zagreb, where 38 percent live, Varaždin County, where 18 percent live and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 17 percent live. Other than Croatia this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 23 percent live and Czechia, where 16 percent live.
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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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