Gadaf Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Gadaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 85 | 1:244,342 | 24,081 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| North Macedonia | 8 | 1:262,684 | 15,306 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Gadaf (472) may also be a first name.
Gadaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gadaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gadaf is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gadaf? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gadaf is the 1,649,806th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Gadaf live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Chadic Africa. Gadaf is also the 391,811th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 472 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 85 people, or 1 in 244,342. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: North Region, where 80 percent live and Far North Region, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 9 percent live and North Macedonia, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gadaf
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