Gafara Surname
Approximately 161 people bear this surname
Gafara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 65 | 1:11,801,006 | 214,148 |
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Gafara (197) may also be a first name.
Gafara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafara (Hindi: गफारा, Marathi: गफार, Oriya: ଗଫାର, Russian: Гафара) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,369,340th most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 53 percent of Gafara are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 646,152nd most commonly held forename globally, held by 197 people.
This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 11,801,006. In India Gafara is primarily found in: Telangana, where 80 percent are found, Andhra Pradesh, where 18 percent are found and Bihar, where 2 percent are found. Barring India this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafara in the Hindi language | ||
| गफारा | gaphara | - |
| Gafara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଫାର | gaphara | - |
| Gafara in the Marathi language | ||
| गफार | gaphara | 62.5 |
| गफारा | gaphara | 25 |
| गफरा | gaphara | 12.5 |
| Gafara in the Russian language | ||
| Гафара | gafara | - |
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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 Gafara
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