Gafenowitz Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gafenowitz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Gafenowitz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafenowitz Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gafenowitz is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gafenowitz.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafenowitz? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gafenowitz is the 6,360,413th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Gafenowitz reside; 78 percent reside in Southern Africa and 78 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa Gafenowitz is most common in: Western Cape, where 71 percent are found, Gauteng, where 14 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gafinowitz | 90 | 11 | / |
| Gafinovitz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gafinowitch | 76 | 3 | / |
| Afinowicz | 74 | 60 | / |
| Afinovitz | 74 | 9 | / |
| Afynowicz | 74 | 8 | / |
| Afenovicz | 74 | 1 | / |
| Afinowic | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afinovicz | 63 | 71 | / |
| Ofinowicz | 63 | 14 | / |
| Afynowycz | 63 | 11 | / |
| Afinowich | 63 | 11 | / |
| Gafinovich | 60 | 14 | / |
| Afinovitch | 60 | 7 | / |
| Otfinowicz | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gaffinovich | 57 | 1 | / |
| Afinovich | 53 | 3 | / |
| Afinovetch | 50 | 6 | / |
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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 Gafenowitz
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