Saraf

See also: saraf and šaraf

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf, “money charger”) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Proper noun

Saraf (plural Sarafs)

1. A surname from Hindi, Urdu, Persian, or Arabic, of Indian usage.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Saraf is the 39419^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 558 individuals. Saraf is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (61.29%) and White (34.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Saraf”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Afars, Safar