Gaffon Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Gaffon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gaffon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England271:2,063,63279,942
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Gaffon Last Name Facts

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

Gaffon is found most frequently in England. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gaffon.

How Common Is The Last Name Gaffon? popularity and diffusion

Gaffon is the 3,485,539th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Gaffon reside; 84 percent reside in Northern Europe and 84 percent reside in British Isles.

The surname Gaffon is most widely held in England, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,063,632. In England Gaffon is primarily found in: West Sussex, where 44 percent are found, East Sussex, where 15 percent are found and Greater London, where 15 percent are found. Apart from England Gaffon is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 3 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.

Gaffon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Gaffon has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Gaffon surname expanded 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gaffoen921/
Gafon91236/
Affon91234/
Affoun83291/
Gaffan83287/
Geffon83162/
Ngafon8378/
Affoon8376/
Affong8353/
Affone8314/
Affont836/
Haffon833/
Aiffon833/
Gadfon832/
Gaffun832/
Goffon831/
Gatfon831/
Gaifon831/
Gafoon831/
Aïffon831/
Afon80907/
Goiffon77772/
Gaffane77499/
Goyffon77211/
Gouffon77141/
Ghaffan7740/
Affoune7717/
Goeffon7713/
Ghafoon7712/
Affonne779/
Affoing778/
Ngaffan775/
Haffoun775/
Gapfont771/
Goëffon771/
Affoine771/
Haffonn770/
Affan739,227/
Afong73387/
Afoun73372/
Offon73198/
Gafan73143/
Afoon7356/
Gefon7339/
Hafon7330/
Afont7327/
Afone7322/
Aifon7320/
Afoin7317/
Aïfon7312/
Eafon736/
Affom735/
Afgon734/
Gofon732/
Gafun732/
Azfon731/
Afuon731/
Aafon731/
Ayfon731/
Asfon731/
Gafonova71149/
Affossin7112/
Ghafoune719/
Hattffon712/
Ngouffon711/
Gouëffon711/
Aiffoune711/
Affane676,955/
Gafane673,869/
Offong673,242/
Afonne67946/
Affang67368/
Ghafan67315/
Affoum67249/
Afgoun67150/
Offoin67135/
Auffan67113/
Haffan6780/
Afoung6768/
Affand6755/
Gasfan6753/
Goffan6732/
Hoffon6727/
Ngafan6724/
Aifoun6724/
Haufon6720/
Affaan6715/
Aifong6715/
Goufon6715/
Aufong6715/
Gafang6712/
Aaffan677/
Hafoun676/
Hafong676/
Afoune675/
Gaufan674/
Asfoon674/
Offone674/
Afhong673/
Ahfoon672/
Affgan672/
Aiffan672/
Afosin671/
Gayfun671/
Godfon671/
Goffom671/
Afffan671/
Affhan671/
Gafahn671/
Offoun671/
Gadfan671/
Gaffam671/
Affanh671/
Aufond671/
Aîffan671/
Aïffan671/
Gatfan671/
Ashfon671/
Ayfond671/
Gefoun671/
Affant671/
Affomd671/
Euffon671/
Asffan671/
Haffom670/
Hayfon670/

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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 Gaffon
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