Al Ghafir Surname
Approximately 581 people bear this surname
Al Ghafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 336 | 1:26,317 | 3,521 |
| Palestine | 173 | 1:26,294 | 3,720 |
| Lebanon | 33 | 1:170,821 | 7,805 |
| Syria | 32 | 1:603,157 | 5,622 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Al Ghafir Demographics
Al Ghafir Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Ghafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Ghafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Ghafir is more frequently found in Jordan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Al Ghafir click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Ghafir? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al Ghafir is the 549,848th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,543,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Ghafir live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant.
This surname is most prevalent in Jordan, where it is carried by 336 people, or 1 in 26,317. In Jordan it is mostly found in: Amman Governorate, where 80 percent reside, Jerash Governorate, where 8 percent reside and Zarqa Governorate, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Jordan this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 30 percent reside and Lebanon, where 6 percent reside.
Al Ghafir Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Sunni (97%) in Lebanon.
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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 Ghafir
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