Gafiya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Gafiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Gafiya (95) may also be a first name.
Gafiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafiya (Hindi: गफिया, Marathi: गफीया, Russian: Гафия) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafiya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,391,485th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Gafiya live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 46 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gafiya is also the 974,243rd most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 95 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Gafiya is mostly concentrated in: Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent are found, Kaduna, where 17 percent are found and Kano, where 17 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafiya in the Hindi language | ||
| गफिया | gaphiya | 60 |
| गाफिया | gaphiya | 40 |
| Gafiya in the Marathi language | ||
| गफीया | gaphiya | 50 |
| गाफीया | gaphiya | 50 |
| Gafiya in the Russian language | ||
| Гафия | gafia | - |
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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 Gafiya
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