Gafen Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Gafen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
Gafen Demographics
Average Gafen Salary in
United States
$32,312 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gafen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafen is found in Australia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gafen.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafen? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 45 percent of Gafen are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Australia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,374,463. In Australia Gafen is mostly concentrated in: New South Wales, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account Australia Gafen occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 40 percent are found and Israel, where 10 percent are found.
Gafen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gafen has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gafen Last Name Statistics demography
Gafen earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.12% less than the national average, earning $32,312 USD per year.
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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 Gafen
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