The Safar surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 764 people carried this name — #30,538 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is up 32% from 580 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Safar surname
A male surname originating as an occupation.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Šafář» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 232 people named Safar live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Safar.
Most of them — 69 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Essonne.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
53 people named Safar live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 29 people named Safar live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
392 people named Safar is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Safar in American newspapers,
1910–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,401 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Safar,
with a public archive behind them.
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Karl Safar 1892–1963 · physician
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Paul Safar 1904–1997 · visual artist
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Fuad Safar 1911–1978 · archaeologist
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Peter Safar 1924–2003 · anesthesiologist
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Michel Safar 1937– · physician
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Adel Safar 1953– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 11 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Safar.
- Sadowski 5,965 · U.S. census
- Sady 276 · U.S. census
- Saelens 286 · U.S. census
- Saenger 391 · U.S. census
- Saenz 33,787 · U.S. census
- Saez 3,745 · U.S. census
- Saffer 950 · U.S. census
- Safi 1,626 · U.S. census
- Safir 325 · U.S. census
- Sagan 1,193 · U.S. census
- Sage 11,207 · U.S. census
- Sager 10,541 · U.S. census
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