Al Ghafari Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
Qatar

Al Ghafari Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Al Ghafari 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
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Al Ghafari Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Ghafari occurs most in The United Arab Emirates. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Ghafari? popularity and diffusion

Al Ghafari is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Al Ghafari occurs predominantly in Asia, where 75 percent of Al Ghafari live; 63 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

Al Ghafari is most numerous in The United Arab Emirates, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 4,581,136. Without taking into account The United Arab Emirates this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 13 percent live and England, where 13 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
Al Ghaffari951,549/
Al Gafari951/
Al Ghaafari951/
Al-Ghafari909/
Al Ghaferi906/
Al Ghafouri8626/
Al Ghafairy862/
Al-Ghaffari861/
Al-Gafari84360/
Al Gafary841/
Al-Gaafari804/
Al-Ghaferi802/
Al-Gaffari801/
Al-Ghafouri7613/
Al Ghafoury762/
Al-Gafary746/
Al-Giefari705/
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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 Al Ghafari
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