El Ghafour Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
El Ghafour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 92 | 1:61,273 | 4,653 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
El Ghafour Demographics
El Ghafour Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
El Ghafour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Ghafour Come From? nationality or country of origin
El Ghafour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻔﻮﺭ) is held by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name El Ghafour? popularity and diffusion
El Ghafour is the 1,828,462nd most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of El Ghafour live; 90 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Levant.
The last name is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is borne by 92 people, or 1 in 61,273. In Lebanon El Ghafour is mostly concentrated in: North Governorate, where 92 percent live, Akkar Governorate, where 3 percent live and Beirut Governorate, where 2 percent live. Beside Lebanon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 10 percent live.
El Ghafour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
El Ghafour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Ghafour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻐﻔﻮﺭ | alghfwr | - |
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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 El Ghafour
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