Gafo Surname
Approximately 846 people bear this surname
Gafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 503 | 1:91,809 | 8,232 |
| Spain | 155 | 1:301,626 | 18,150 |
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| Brazil | 37 | 1:5,785,793 | 142,916 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Gafo (306) may also be a first name.
Gafo Demographics
Gafo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gafo (Hindi: गफो, Russian: Гафо) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 412,207th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 8,614,120 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Gafo live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gafo is also the 503,193rd most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 306 people.
The last name Gafo is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is held by 503 people, or 1 in 91,809. In Kenya Gafo is mostly concentrated in: Tana River County, where 72 percent live, Mombasa County, where 27 percent live and Kilifi County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya Gafo occurs in 26 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
Gafo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafo in the Hindi language | ||
| गफो | gapho | - |
| Gafo in the Russian language | ||
| Гафо | gafo | - |
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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 Gafo
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