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
Average Gaafar Salary in
United States
$41,222 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gaafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaafar (Marathi: गफर) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaafar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gaafar is the 13,908th most widespread family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 181,739 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gaafar live; 93 percent live in North Africa and 93 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 60,220th most commonly held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 10,258 people.
This last name is most widespread in Egypt, where it is held by 19,250 people, or 1 in 4,776. Besides Egypt this last name exists in 43 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 45 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.
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 US average, with 57.89% registered with the 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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