Gafhar Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Gafhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 23 | 1:7,767,125 | 41,967 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gafhar (92) may also be a first name.
Gafhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gafhar (Hindi: गफफार, Marathi: गफार) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gafhar is the 3,957,383rd most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Gafhar are found; 96 percent are found in South Asia and 92 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 992,070th most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 92 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 7,767,125. In Pakistan Gafhar is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 70 percent reside, Sindh, where 17 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Pakistan it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and India, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafhar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafhar in the Hindi language | ||
| गफफार | gaphaphara | - |
| Gafhar in the Marathi language | ||
| गफार | gaphara | 66.67 |
| हार | hara | 16.67 |
| गफफार | gaphaphara | 8.33 |
| अगफार | agaphara | 8.33 |
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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 Gafhar
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