Gafir Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Gafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 94 | 1:8,160,270 | 170,569 |
| Indonesia | 35 | 1:3,778,548 | 197,284 |
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Gafir (298) may also be a first name.
Gafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafir (Hindi: गफीर, Marathi: गाफीर, Russian: Гафир) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,403,590th most commonly used surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. The last name Gafir occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Gafir reside; 70 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Gafir is also the 510,666th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 298 people.
The last name Gafir is most common in India, where it is borne by 94 people, or 1 in 8,160,270. In India it is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 60 percent are found, Bihar, where 26 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 7 percent are found. Barring India it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 23 percent are found and Pakistan, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafir in the Hindi language | ||
| गफीर | gaphira | 46.6 |
| गाफिर | gaphira | 44.66 |
| गफिर | gaphira | 4.85 |
| गफ़ीर | gafira | 1.94 |
| Gafir in the Marathi language | ||
| गाफीर | gaphira | 42.11 |
| गफीर | gaphira | 31.58 |
| गािफर | gaiphara | 18.42 |
| अगाफीर | agaphira | 5.26 |
| अमीर | amira | 2.63 |
| Gafir in the Russian language | ||
| Гафир | gafir | - |
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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 Gafir
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