Šajfar Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Šajfar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Šajfar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia1961:21,5754,489
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Sajfar (27) are calculated separately.

Šajfar Last Name Facts

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

Šajfar occurs more in Croatia more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Sajfar. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šajfar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,198,640th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Šajfar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šajfar live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

Šajfar is most prevalent in Croatia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 21,575. In Croatia Šajfar is most frequent in: City of Zagreb, where 26 percent are found, Brod-Posavina County, where 17 percent are found and Požega-Slavonia County, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Croatia it exists in one country. It also occurs in Serbia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sajfar9427/
Šafar91687/
Šafare831/
Zajafar7744/
Sajafar775/
Zafar73271,146/
Safar73106,359/
Šafár73286/
Šafař7316/
Šefar7315/
Xafar731/
Šafarová7122/
Shajafar712/
Sahjafar712/
Šafarova711/
Saffar679,444/
Zaffar677,219/
Safare674,827/
Shafar671,758/
Zaafar67330/
Saifar67205/
Chafar6784/
Sjafar6759/
Safaar6755/
Safarz6753/
Zaufar6750/
Safarh6742/
Szafar6725/
Safart6714/
Saafar6711/
Zafaar6710/
Safear679/
Safard679/
Zafair678/
Siafar677/
Safasr676/
Zayfar676/
Zafhar675/
Zaifar675/
Safair675/
Sadfar674/
Ceafar674/
Sayfar674/
Safaur674/
Zafarr673/
Safhar673/
Shahjafar673/
Zafear672/
Sahfar672/
Safgar672/
Zeafar671/
Satfar671/
Sejfar671/
Shahajfar671/
Sgafar671/
Zzafar671/
Jsafar671/
Saefar671/
Safarr671/
Seafar670/
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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 Šajfar
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