Gaffing Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gaffing Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaffing Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England651:857,20145,134
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Gaffing Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gaffing Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gaffing is found most frequently in England. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaffing? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,255,512th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Gaffing are found; 99 percent are found in Northern Europe and 99 percent are found in British Isles.

The last name Gaffing is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 857,201. In England Gaffing is most frequent in: Tyne and Wear, where 72 percent are found, Lancashire, where 14 percent are found and Lincolnshire, where 9 percent are found. Beside England Gaffing is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Scotland, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Gaffing Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Gaffing has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Gaffing surname rose 650 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaffin92922/
Affing9274/
Affiong862,856/
Gauffin86807/
Ghaffin86108/
Goffing8660/
Haffing8616/
Göffing8614/
Ngaffin863/
Gaffina860/
Gaiffin860/
Gafin83242/
Afing8372/
Gaffn831/
Goffings80308/
Afpfiong804/
Affionng801/
Ncgaffin801/
Eaffiong801/
Goffin778,532/
Gaffen77238/
Gafina77233/
Afiong77171/
Hafing77153/
Offing7784/
Gaufin7766/
Gefing7743/
Ngafin7734/
Afuing7722/
Gofing7717/
Affyng7717/
Gayfin7713/
Gaffne777/
Gafeng777/
Ghafin772/
Affeng771/
Gafion771/
Gadfin771/
Ahfing771/
Affink771/
Gahfin770/
Gafn734/
Afng731/
Offiong7115,908/
Giefing71822/
Ghafina71432/
Hoffing7172/
Goffeng7151/
Afingue718/
Gouffin716/
Gayfina714/
Goffint712/
Gaffoen711/
Goiffin711/
Offieng711/
Gooffin710/
Goffien710/
Gaiffim710/
Gofin6785/
Afink6776/
Afeng6722/
Gafen6720/
Ofing6713/
Offng6710/
Offfiong678/
Eiffiong673/
Gafne673/
Gaphings672/
Affnq671/
Offiongh671/
Ooffiong671/
Gafinova671/

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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 Gaffing
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