Gafah Surname
Approximately 1,304 people bear this surname
Gafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gafah is found most frequently in Ghana. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gafah.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 293,013th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,588,609 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gafah are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gafah is most prevalent in Ghana, where it is borne by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Besides Ghana this last name is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 32 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaffah | 91 | 18 | / |
| Gafash | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gafaih | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ngafah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gafa | 89 | 3,347 | / |
| Ngafaih | 83 | 27 | / |
| Ghafhah | 83 | 21 | / |
| Ghafash | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ghaifah | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ghaffah | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ghayfah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngafa | 80 | 597 | / |
| Gaffa | 80 | 317 | / |
| Gafat | 80 | 297 | / |
| Ghafa | 80 | 96 | / |
| Gafas | 80 | 75 | / |
| Gofah | 80 | 72 | / |
| Gafau | 80 | 63 | / |
| Gafai | 80 | 47 | / |
| Gafga | 80 | 32 | / |
| Gaafa | 80 | 28 | / |
| Gavah | 80 | 18 | / |
| Gaifa | 80 | 8 | / |
| Gafaz | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gahfa | 80 | 6 | / |
| Hgafa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gasfa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ggafa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kgafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gaufa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gapfa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gafoh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gafad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gafaa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gafea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Goffah | 73 | 315 | / |
| Gaffga | 73 | 246 | / |
| Gaffas | 73 | 199 | / |
| Ghaffa | 73 | 152 | / |
| Ghadfa | 73 | 147 | / |
| Ghafai | 73 | 147 | / |
| Ngaffa | 73 | 73 | / |
| Gaavfa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ghayfa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Gauffa | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ghafat | 73 | 7 | / |
| Hngafa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ghafaz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ghafaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gaffau | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gaffat | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gofeah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ngafai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gahafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaffaz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gavaha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaffay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gofaih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gafaai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaifas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghafaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghavah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaaffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghafas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaffad | 73 | 1 | / |
| N'Gafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gafoth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gafo | 67 | 846 | / |
| Gofa | 67 | 462 | / |
| Gaiffas | 67 | 61 | / |
| Gefa | 67 | 39 | / |
| Goffeah | 67 | 24 | / |
| Gafà | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ghaffat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kgaapho | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ghoffah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gaïffas | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gafaaye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gavahai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gathfat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghaffai | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gafah
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