Gafa Surname
Approximately 3,347 people bear this surname
Gafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Nigeria | 566 | 1:312,973 | 17,327 |
| Malta | 307 | 1:1,402 | 146 |
| Uganda | 274 | 1:142,479 | 12,806 |
| Philippines | 209 | 1:484,393 | 57,696 |
| Iran | 169 | 1:454,334 | 27,907 |
| Australia | 167 | 1:161,651 | 16,786 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| United States | 130 | 1:2,788,146 | 165,890 |
| Algeria | 124 | 1:311,545 | 30,240 |
| Zimbabwe | 93 | 1:166,003 | 20,492 |
| Italy | 70 | 1:873,667 | 66,008 |
| Papua New Guinea | 59 | 1:138,199 | 19,012 |
| Turkey | 50 | 1:1,556,428 | 59,823 |
| France | 25 | 1:2,656,909 | 193,074 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| New Zealand | 19 | 1:238,333 | 22,631 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
The alternate forms: Gafà (8) are calculated separately.
Gafa (263) may also be a first name.
Gafa Demographics
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Gafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gafa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻔﻪ, Hindi: गफा, Russian: Гафа) is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Gafà. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gafa is the 134,500th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,177,337 people. Gafa is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Gafa reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 548,616th most widespread first name in the world, held by 263 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Apart from Ghana it occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Malta, where 9 percent live.
Gafa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gafa last name are 1.06% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 52.17% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Gafa earn in different countries varies significantly. In Italy they earn 22.63% more than the national average, earning €36,826 per year and in United States they earn 3.74% less than the national average, earning $41,534 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻔﻪ | qfh | - |
| Gafa in the Hindi language | ||
| गफा | gapha | 72.22 |
| गाफा | gapha | 27.78 |
| Gafa in the Russian language | ||
| Гафа | gafa | - |
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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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- 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 Gafa
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