Gafia Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Gafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Gafia (83) may also be a first name.
Gafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gafia is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafia? popularity and diffusion
Gafia is the 2,843,861st most prevalent surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Gafia is mostly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Gafia reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,052,971st most frequently held first name throughout the world It is held by 83 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 6,612,460. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Southeast Sulawesi, where 100 percent live. Aside from Indonesia Gafia exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 23 percent live and Niger, where 17 percent live.
Gafia Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gafia has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Gafia
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