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Saffier

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Saffier has 169 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 18 live disagreements.

169 facts·137 predicates·1 sources·18 in dispute

Mostly:has variant(6), orthogonal to(5), from source(3)

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Inbound mentions (16)

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analyzesAnalyzes(1)

containsContains(1)

containsZeroActsForContains Zero Acts for(1)

differentEtymologyDifferent Etymology(1)

differentFromDifferent From(1)

differentLanguageOriginDifferent Language Origin(1)

hasSurnameHas Surname(1)

hasZeroNoticesForHas Zero Notices for(1)

hasZeroResultsForHas Zero Results for(1)

isDifferentFromIs Different From(1)

isTrueHomeOfSurnameIs True Home of Surname(1)

linksLinks(1)

notSameAsNot Same As(1)

providesDataForProvides Data for(1)

providesEtymologyForProvides Etymology for(1)

zeroResultMeaningfulForZero Result Meaningful for(1)

Other facts (168)

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168 facts
PredicateValueRef
Has VariantSaphir Surname[1]
Has VariantSaphier Surname[1]
Has VariantSaffie Surname[1]
Has VariantSafir Surname[1]
Has VariantSafire Surname[1]
Has VariantSaffire Variant[1]
Orthogonal toFrench Mauritian Lines[1]
Orthogonal toIndo Mauritian Lines[1]
Orthogonal toVal's French-Mauritian lines[1]
Orthogonal toVal's Indo-Mauritian (Mahamoodally) lines[1]
Orthogonal toVals Mauritian Family[1]
From SourceHebrewsurnames Com[1]
From SourceGeneanet[1]
From SourceForebears[1]
Likelyhood Rank1[1]
Likelyhood Rank2[1]
Likelyhood Rank3[1]
Likelyhood LabelSouth African[1]
Likelyhood LabelJewish-Ashkenazi[1]
Likelyhood LabelDutch-Yiddish[1]
Has SourceHebrewsurnames Com[1]
Has SourceGeneanet[1]
Has SourceForebears[1]
Ranked in Likelihood1[1]
Ranked in Likelihood2[1]
Ranked in Likelihood3[1]
Includes VariantSafir[1]
Includes VariantSafire[1]
Includes VariantSaffire[1]
Has Language OriginYiddish[1]
Has Language OriginGerman[1]
Has Original Termsafir[1]
Has Original TermSaphir[1]
Distributed inEastern Cape[1]
Distributed inWestern Cape[1]
Has Evidence GradeEvidence Grade D[1]
Has Evidence GradeEvidence Grade P[1]
Sounds LikeSapphire[1]
Sounds LikeSaphir[1]
Possible Phonetic Confusion WithSapphire[1]
Possible Phonetic Confusion WithSaphir[1]
Has Secondary Geographic PresenceBrazil[1]
Has Secondary Geographic PresenceUSA[1]
Etymological RootSafir[1]
Etymological RootSaphir[1]
Has Zero Living Bearers inMauritius[1]
Has Zero Living Bearers inAustralia[1]
Not in DomainFrench Mascarene Domain[1]
Not in DomainIndo Mauritian Domain[1]
Not Mauritian Surnametrue[1]
Has Acts in Database0[1]
Not Australian Surname of Notetrue[1]
Has Death Funeral Notices in Australia0[1]
Has EtymologyJewish Ashkenazi Ornamental Surname[1]
Meanssapphire[1]
Concentrated inSouth Africa[1]
Has Worldwide Bearers448[1]
Has Percentage in South Africa0.67[1]
Has Bearers in Mauritius0[1]
Has Bearers in Australia0[1]
Located Outside Onomastic WorldFrench Mascarene Onomastic World[1]
Is Not French Mascarene Creole Nametrue[1]
Has Bearers in Brazil74[1]
Has Bearers in USA46[1]
Has Bearers in France9[1]
Has Bearers in Argentina5[1]
Has Bearers in Germany3[1]
Has Bearers in England3[1]
Has Zero Acts inAma Expoactes[1]
Has Worldwide Percentage in South Africa67[1]
Has South Africa BreakdownEastern Cape 57%, Western Cape 34%, Gauteng 7%[1]
Has Zero Bearers in Mauritiustrue[1]
Has Zero Bearers in Australiatrue[1]
Is Jewish Ashkenazitrue[1]
Is Ornamental Surnametrue[1]
Has Meaning in Englishsapphire[1]
Has Yiddish Termsafir[1]
Has German TermSaphir[1]
Not French Mascarenetrue[1]
Not Creoletrue[1]
Not French Mascarene Creole Nametrue[1]
Has Variant SetSafir / Saphir / Saphier / Safier / Safire / Saffire[1]
Has Full NameSaffier[1]
Searched AsSAFFIER[1]
Likelihood1 LabelSouth African[1]
Likelihood2 LabelJewish-Ashkenazi[1]
Likelihood3 LabelDutch-Yiddish[1]
Orthogonal to French Mauritiantrue[1]
Orthogonal to Indo Mauritiantrue[1]
Not Listed in Australiatrue[1]
Has Bearers in Brazil Exact74[1]
Has Bearers in USA Exact46[1]
Has Bearers in France Exact9[1]
Has Bearers in Argentina Exact5[1]
Has Bearers in Germany Exact3[1]
Has Bearers in England Exact3[1]
Is Not English Derivedtrue[1]
Is Different FromSaffery Surname[1]
Is Ashkenazi Jewishtrue[1]
From Yiddishtrue[1]

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labelval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saffier
notMauritianSurnameval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasActsInDatabaseval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
0
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ex:saphir-surname
hasVariantval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:saphier-surname
hasVariantval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:saffie-surname
hasVariantval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:safir-surname
notAustralianSurnameOfNoteval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasDeathFuneralNoticesInAustraliaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
0
hasEtymologyval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:jewish-ashkenazi-ornamental-surname
meansval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
sapphire
hasLanguageOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:yiddish
hasLanguageOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:german
hasOriginalTermval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
safir
hasOriginalTermval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saphir
concentratedInval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:south-africa
hasWorldwideBearersval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
448
hasPercentageInSouthAfricaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
0.67
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0
hasBearersInAustraliaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
0
locatedOutsideOnomasticWorldval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:french-mascarene-onomastic-world
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true
hasVariantval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:safire-surname
hasVariantval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:saffire-variant
fromSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:hebrewsurnames-com
fromSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:geneanet
fromSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
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hasBearersInBrazilval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
74
hasBearersInUSAval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
46
hasBearersInFranceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
9
hasBearersInArgentinaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
5
hasBearersInGermanyval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
hasBearersInEnglandval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
likelyhoodRankval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
1
likelyhoodLabelval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
South African
likelyhoodRankval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
2
likelyhoodLabelval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Jewish-Ashkenazi
likelyhoodRankval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
likelyhoodLabelval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Dutch-Yiddish
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ex:indo-mauritian-lines
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hasSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:hebrewsurnames-com
hasSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:geneanet
hasSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:forebears
hasWorldwidePercentageInSouthAfricaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
67
hasSouthAfricaBreakdownval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Eastern Cape 57%, Western Cape 34%, Gauteng 7%
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true
hasZeroBearersInAustraliaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
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true
isOrnamentalSurnameval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasMeaningInEnglishval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
sapphire
hasYiddishTermval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
safir
hasGermanTermval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saphir
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true
notCreoleval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
notFrenchMascareneCreoleNameval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasVariantSetval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Safir / Saphir / Saphier / Safier / Safire / Saffire
hasFullNameval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saffier
searchedAsval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
SAFFIER
rankedInLikelihoodval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
1
rankedInLikelihoodval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
2
rankedInLikelihoodval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
likelihood1Labelval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
South African
likelihood2Labelval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Jewish-Ashkenazi
likelihood3Labelval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Dutch-Yiddish
orthogonalToFrenchMauritianval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
orthogonalToIndoMauritianval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
notListedInAustraliaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasBearersInBrazilExactval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
74
hasBearersInUSAExactval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
46
hasBearersInFranceExactval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
9
hasBearersInArgentinaExactval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
5
hasBearersInGermanyExactval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
hasBearersInEnglandExactval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
isNotEnglishDerivedval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
isDifferentFromval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:saffery-surname
isAshkenaziJewishval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
fromYiddishval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
fromGermanval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
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safir
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Saphir
englishTranslationval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
sapphire
hasGemstoneMeaningval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
isNotFrenchMascareneval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
isNotCreoleval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
isNotFrenchOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
isNotMascareneOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
isNotMauritianOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasYiddishOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasGermanOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasJewishOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasAshkenaziOriginval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
soundsLikeval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Sapphire
soundsLikeval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saphir
possiblePhoneticConfusionWithval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Sapphire
possiblePhoneticConfusionWithval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saphir
notFrenchCreoleSurnameval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
notIndoMauritianSurnameval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
notValFamilySurnameval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasNoMauritianRecordsval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasNoAustralianNoticesval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasNoAustralianResidentsval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasNoAustralianObituariesval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasNoGenealogyResultsval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
noCrossReferenceWithValSurnamesval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
noMarriageLinksToValFamilyval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
noTreeLinksToValFamilyval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
noNoticeLinksToValFamilyval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasZeroDistributionInMauritiusval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
hasZeroDistributionInAustraliaval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
nonMascareneEtymologyval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
true
meaningOriginSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
hebrewsurnames.com/SAFFIER; Geneanet SAFIR/SAFIER
meaningval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
sapphire
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Yiddish/German
etymologyTermYiddishval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
safir
etymologyTermGermanval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saphir
etymologyClassificationval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Jewish (Ashkenazi) ornamental surname
variantListval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Safir Saphir Saphier Safier Safire Saffire
notClassificationval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
French-Mascarene/Creole name
distributionSourceval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Forebears
worldwideTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
448
southAfricaTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
302
southAfricaPercentageval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
67
southAfricaBreakdownval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Eastern Cape 57% Western Cape 34% Gauteng 7%
brazilTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
74
usaTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
46
franceTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
9
argentinaTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
5
germanyTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
mauritiusTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
0
australiaTotalval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
0
likelihoodRank1val-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
South African
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Jewish-Ashkenazi
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Dutch-Yiddish
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Val's French-Mauritian lines
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Val's Indo-Mauritian (Mahamoodally) lines
summaryLikelihoodval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
South African / Jewish-Ashkenazi / Dutch-Yiddish
hasPrimaryGeographicConcentrationval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:south-africa
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ex:brazil
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ex:usa
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ex:forebears-south-africa-stat
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Eastern/Western Cape
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Gauteng
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6
includesVariantval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Safir
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Safire
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Saffire
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ex:ornamental-surname
semanticsval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
sapphire gemstone
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ex:germanic
etymologicalRootval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:safir
etymologicalRootval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Saphir
likelihood1val-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
South African
likelihood2val-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Jewish-Ashkenazi
likelihood3val-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
Dutch-Yiddish
numberOfLikelihoodRankingsval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
3
hasZeroLivingBearersInval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:mauritius
hasZeroLivingBearersInval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:australia
notInDomainval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:french-mascarene-domain
notInDomainval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:indo-mauritian-domain
inDomainval-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
ex:jewish-ashkenazi-domain

References (1)

1 references
  1. ctx:genes/val-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
    • full textctx:genes/val-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
      text/plain10 KBdoc:genes/val-mauritius/ev47-richard-saffier-2026-06-05
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      # EV47 — Richard Saffier: identification & connection to Val's family **Date:** 2026-06-05 **Researcher task:** Identify the person "Richard Saffier" (name reached us via Scott Anderson) and establish his relationship, if any, to Val's Mau

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