Gafie Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Gafie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Gafie (25) may also be a first name.
Gafie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafie occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafie? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gafie is the 2,555,468th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Gafie occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 100 percent of Gafie reside; 100 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 100 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 25 people.
The surname Gafie is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 143,048. In Papua New Guinea Gafie is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 86 percent reside and East Sepik, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Gafie
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