Gaffar Surname
Approximately 65,580 people bear this surname
Gaffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 17,573 | 1:9,068 | 779 |
| Sudan | 14,000 | 1:2,679 | 381 |
| India | 13,834 | 1:55,448 | 3,806 |
| Pakistan | 7,267 | 1:24,583 | 1,306 |
| Indonesia | 3,730 | 1:35,456 | 4,137 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,902 | 1:10,633 | 1,467 |
| Egypt | 1,678 | 1:54,789 | 5,270 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,608 | 1:12,941 | 1,861 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Malaysia | 387 | 1:76,212 | 5,443 |
| England | 374 | 1:148,979 | 14,256 |
| United States | 243 | 1:1,491,601 | 101,667 |
| Nigeria | 233 | 1:760,269 | 34,383 |
| South Africa | 159 | 1:340,740 | 31,565 |
| United Arab Emirates | 123 | 1:74,490 | 6,943 |
| Philippines | 105 | 1:964,174 | 84,481 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Netherlands | 74 | 1:228,205 | 30,213 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
| Turkey | 61 | 1:1,275,761 | 53,024 |
| Qatar | 59 | 1:39,966 | 4,109 |
| Guyana | 58 | 1:13,142 | 1,824 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 57 | 1:23,929 | 2,651 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Maldives | 4 | 1:101,043 | 3,565 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Mauritius | 3 | 1:431,139 | 12,721 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Gaffar (52,810) may also be a first name.
Gaffar Demographics
Average Gaffar Salary in
United States
$41,165 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gaffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gaffar (Hindi: गफ्फार, Marathi: गफार, Oriya: ଗଫାର, Russian: Гаффар) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaffar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,668th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 111,125 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 73 percent of Gaffar live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 40 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 17,669th most common first name globally, held by 52,810 people.
Gaffar is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is held by 17,573 people, or 1 in 9,068. Other than Bangladesh this surname exists in 61 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 21 percent reside and India, where 21 percent reside.
Gaffar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Gaffar has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name increased 18,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 24,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Gaffar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Gaffar surname are 12.4% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 65.63% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gaffar earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 17.9% less than the national average, earning R 195,108 per year; in United States they earn 4.6% less than the national average, earning $41,165 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.13% less than the national average, earning $45,643 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaffar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaffar in the Marathi language | ||
| गफार | gaphara | 94.4 |
| गफर | gaphara | 4.11 |
| गाफार | gaphara | 0.21 |
| गफ़ार | gafara | 0.08 |
| गाफर | gaphara | 0.03 |
| गफ़फ़ार | gafafara | 0.02 |
| गफ़ुर | gafura | 0.02 |
| गौहर | gauhara | 0.02 |
| गबरु | gabaru | 0.01 |
| गाफ़र | gafara | 0.01 |
| गफ़र | gafara | 0.01 |
| अगफ़ुर | agafura | 0.01 |
| गााराक | gaaraka | 0.01 |
| गकार | gakara | 0.01 |
| Gaffar in the Hindi language | ||
| गफ्फार | gaphphara | 90.59 |
| गफफार | gaphaphara | 7.36 |
| गफार | gaphara | 0.16 |
| गफ्फ़ार | gaphfara | 0.1 |
| गप्फार | gapphara | 0.08 |
| गफ़्फ़ार | gaffara | 0.04 |
| गफ़्फार | gafphara | 0.03 |
| गफ्पार | gaphpara | 0.01 |
| सन्तरा | santara | 0.01 |
| गफर | gaphara | 0.01 |
| गफ़़़्फ़ार | gafafara | 0.01 |
| गफ़़्फ़ार | gafafara | 0.01 |
| गफ़्फर | gafphara | 0.01 |
| Gaffar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗଫାର | gaphara | 84.62 |
| ଗାଫାର | gaphara | 7.69 |
| ଗାଫାର୍ | gaphar | 3.85 |
| ଗଫାର୍ | gaphar | 3.85 |
| Gaffar in the Russian language | ||
| Гаффар | gaffar | - |
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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 Gaffar
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