Al Ghaffari Surname
Approximately 1,549 people bear this surname
Al Ghaffari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 1,347 | 1:19,618 | 2,075 |
| Palestine | 157 | 1:28,974 | 3,934 |
| Syria | 17 | 1:1,135,354 | 7,033 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 1:35,919 | 5,218 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Al Ghaffari Demographics
Al Ghaffari Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Ghaffari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Ghaffari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Al Ghaffari is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Ghaffari? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al Ghaffari is the 254,831st most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,704,678 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Ghaffari live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.
The last name Al Ghaffari is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is carried by 1,347 people, or 1 in 19,618. In Yemen Al Ghaffari is mostly concentrated in: Amanat Al Asimah, where 52 percent reside, Taiz Governorate, where 24 percent reside and Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Yemen it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 10 percent reside and Syria, where 1 percent reside.
Al Ghaffari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Al Ghaffari surname is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Ghafari | 95 | 8 | / |
| Al-Ghaffari | 91 | 1 | / |
| Al Ghaafari | 91 | 1 | / |
| Al Gafari | 90 | 1 | / |
| Al-Ghafari | 86 | 9 | / |
| Al Ghaferi | 86 | 6 | / |
| Al-Gaffari | 86 | 1 | / |
| Al Ghafouri | 82 | 26 | / |
| Al Ghafairy | 82 | 2 | / |
| Al-Gafari | 80 | 360 | / |
| Al Gafary | 80 | 1 | / |
| Al-Gaafari | 76 | 4 | / |
| Al-Ghaferi | 76 | 2 | / |
| Al-Ghafouri | 73 | 13 | / |
| Al Ghafoury | 73 | 2 | / |
| Al-Gafary | 70 | 6 | / |
| Al-Giefari | 67 | 5 | / |
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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
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- 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 Ghaffari
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