Gafal Surname
Approximately 209 people bear this surname
Gafal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Gafal (80) may also be a first name.
Gafal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafal (Hindi: गफ़ल, Marathi: गफल) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,148,257th most common family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 34,868,641 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gafal reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 82 percent reside in Mahgreb. Gafal is also the 1,075,395th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 80 people.
Gafal is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Outside of Morocco this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafal in the Marathi language | ||
| गफल | gaphala | - |
| Gafal in the Hindi language | ||
| गफ़ल | gafala | 33.33 |
| गाफल | gaphala | 33.33 |
| गफल | gaphala | 33.33 |
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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 Gafal
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