Gafarr Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Gafarr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
Gafarr (37) may also be a first name.
Gafarr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafarr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafarr is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafarr? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gafarr is the 3,602,217th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. Gafarr occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gafarr are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 70 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gafarr is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name worldwide, held by 37 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 76 percent live and Oyo, where 24 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 13 percent live and Guyana, where 10 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gafarr
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