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
Average Gafa Salary in
United States
$41,534 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻔﻪ, Hindi: गफा, Russian: Гафа) occurs in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Gafà. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafa? popularity and diffusion
Gafa is the 134,500th most numerous surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,177,337 people. The last name Gafa is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Gafa are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gafa is also the 548,616th most commonly used forename internationally, borne by 263 people.
The last name Gafa is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Aside from Ghana this last name is found in 45 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Malta, where 9 percent live.
Gafa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Gafa surname are 1.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 52.17% being registered to vote for the 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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- 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 Gafa
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