Gaffah Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Gaffah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gaffah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaffah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaffah occurs in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaffah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Gaffah are found; 83 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 83 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
The surname Gaffah is most commonly held in Malaysia, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 3,686,778. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Kedah, where 50 percent are found, Kuala Lumpur, where 38 percent are found and Selangor, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Malaysia Gaffah exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 39 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Gaffah
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