Gafnir Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Gafnir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gafnir (7) may also be a first name.
Gafnir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafnir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafnir is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gafnir.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafnir? popularity and diffusion
Gafnir is the 7,593,402nd most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Gafnir occurs mostly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Gafnir live; 83 percent live in Oceania Islands and 83 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 4,548,448th most commonly used given name globally, held by 7 people.
The last name Gafnir is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Papua, where 100 percent are found. Besides Indonesia Gafnir occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gafnir
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