Gaafar Surname
Approximately 40,099 people bear this surname
Gaafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 19,250 | 1:4,776 | 628 |
| Sudan | 18,200 | 1:2,061 | 296 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,226 | 1:13,862 | 1,957 |
| United States | 108 | 1:3,356,101 | 190,802 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Qatar | 56 | 1:42,107 | 4,399 |
| United Arab Emirates | 40 | 1:229,057 | 15,464 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Canada | 16 | 1:2,302,849 | 139,666 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Gaafar (10,258) may also be a first name.
Gaafar Demographics
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Gaafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaafar (Marathi: गफर) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gaafar.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaafar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,908th most widely held surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 181,739 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Gaafar are found; 93 percent are found in North Africa and 93 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 60,220th most widely held first name world-wide, held by 10,258 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 19,250 people, or 1 in 4,776. Excluding Egypt it is found in 43 countries. It is also common in Sudan, where 45 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent reside.
Gaafar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gaafar surname are 11.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.89% registered with the political party.
The amount Gaafar earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 4.47% less than the national average, earning $41,222 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.55% more than the national average, earning $53,929 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaafar in the Marathi language | ||
| गफर | gaphara | - |
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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 Gaafar
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