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
Gafiya (Hindi: गफिया, Marathi: गफीया, Russian: Гафия) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gafiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Gafiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 62 percent of Gafiya are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 974,243rd most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 95 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Gafiya is primarily found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent live, Kaduna, where 17 percent live and Kano, where 17 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
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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