Šafár Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Šafár Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czechia | 172 | 1:61,822 | 10,347 |
| Slovakia | 112 | 1:47,647 | 9,138 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Šafář (1,222), Šafar (687), Safár (4), Safar (106,359), Sáfár (1,438) & Šafař (16) are calculated separately.
Šafár Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šafár Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Šafár has its highest incidence in Czechia. It can also occur in the variant forms: Šafář, Šafar, Safár, Safar, Sáfár or Šafař. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šafár? popularity and diffusion
The last name Šafár is the 924,083rd most commonly occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šafár are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
The last name Šafár is most frequently used in Czechia, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 61,822. In Czechia it is mostly found in: South Bohemian Region, where 45 percent reside, Central Bohemian Region, where 18 percent reside and Prague, where 12 percent reside. Besides Czechia this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Slovakia, where 39 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 0 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 Šafár
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