Gaffa Surname
Approximately 317 people bear this surname
Gaffa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 112 | 1:348,565 | 22,932 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Nigeria | 46 | 1:3,850,930 | 110,272 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Gaffa (60) may also be a first name.
Gaffa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaffa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaffa (Hindi: गफ्फा) is found most in Uganda. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaffa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 858,879th most frequently used family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 22,989,104 people. The last name Gaffa is mostly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Gaffa are found; 36 percent are found in East Africa and 35 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent first name in the world It is held by 60 people.
It is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 348,565. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Butaleja District, where 31 percent reside, Buikwe District, where 28 percent reside and Bugiri District, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Uganda Gaffa exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent reside and Nigeria, where 15 percent reside.
Gaffa Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Gaffa has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Gaffa last name increased 533 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaffa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaffa in the Hindi language | ||
| गफ्फा | gaphpha | - |
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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 Gaffa
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