Škafar Surname

525,029th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 618 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Škafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Škafar 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
Slovenia5891:4,224789
Croatia271:156,61520,822
England11:55,718,059489,080
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459

The alternate forms: Skafar (128) & Skáfár (6) are calculated separately.

Škafar Last Name Facts

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

Škafar is more frequently found in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Skafar or Skáfár. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Škafar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 525,029th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,792,145 people. The surname Škafar occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Škafar are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most common in Slovenia, where it is carried by 589 people, or 1 in 4,224. In Slovenia Škafar is primarily found in: Mura, where 56 percent live, Central Slovenia, where 24 percent live and Drava, where 9 percent live. Besides Slovenia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 4 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

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
Skafar94128/
Skáfár836/
Shkafar7722/
Skayfar771/
Skaffar771/
Skaffare717/
Scafar676/
Skofar673/
Skuifar627/
Scafard624/
Scaffear571/
Skafford570/
Scafarova531/
Skofarova531/
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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 Škafar
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