Gaafour Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Gaafour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 111 | 1:348,032 | 31,649 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Gaafour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaafour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaafour is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaafour? popularity and diffusion
Gaafour is the 1,691,963rd most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gaafour are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Mahgreb.
Gaafour is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 111 people, or 1 in 348,032. In Algeria Gaafour is most frequent in: Tlemcen Province, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Algeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 3 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gaafour
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