Gafaneh Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Gafaneh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 150 | 1:6,100 | 439 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
Gafaneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafaneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gafaneh occurs more in Djibouti more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafaneh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,398,030th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. Gafaneh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gafaneh reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.
The surname Gafaneh is most prevalent in Djibouti, where it is carried by 150 people, or 1 in 6,100. Besides Djibouti this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Somaliland, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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