Sarafin

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈsæɹəfɪn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sarafin is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 942K(measured from records)
  • CLChile≈1 in 132K
  • PLPoland1 in 288K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,900 people, est.

Sources
138 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 132K (inferred from the name graph)

Chile, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sarafin counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sarafin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China≈2,900 est.≈1 in 484K—Sarafin2
BR Brazil6151 in 344K615Sarafin20
US United States3531 in 942K353Sarafin138
CL Chile≈140 est.≈1 in 132K—Sarafin3
PL Poland1331 in 288K75——
CA Canada≈59 est.≈1 in 634K—Sarafin24

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sarafin is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Ukrainian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

    Also written Сарафін, Сарафин

  • Croatian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Šarafín

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sarafín

  • Greek surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Σαραφιν

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Sarafin,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Sarafin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—615#14,146
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010353#57,639
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020347#62,349
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000332#57,406
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202675—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—75#37,165
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202658—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—58#45,553
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Sarafin?
A machine transcription gives /ˈsæɹəfɪn/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Sarafin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.9 thousand people named Sarafin in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sarafin.
How common is the name Sarafin?
In Brazil, the national register counted 615 people named Sarafin, about 1 in 344 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sarafin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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