Gafoor Surname
Approximately 50,777 people bear this surname
Gafoor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 26,243 | 1:6,807 | 570 |
| India | 16,338 | 1:46,950 | 3,251 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,180 | 1:9,703 | 1,356 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,400 | 1:6,544 | 835 |
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Qatar | 599 | 1:3,937 | 394 |
| South Africa | 526 | 1:102,999 | 12,461 |
| Kuwait | 357 | 1:10,646 | 1,481 |
| Maldives | 265 | 1:1,525 | 160 |
| Guyana | 203 | 1:3,755 | 682 |
| United States | 174 | 1:2,083,097 | 132,570 |
| Bahrain | 147 | 1:9,174 | 1,687 |
| England | 120 | 1:464,317 | 30,397 |
| Canada | 117 | 1:314,920 | 28,951 |
| Malaysia | 89 | 1:331,396 | 17,819 |
| Singapore | 43 | 1:128,086 | 5,748 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 35 | 1:38,971 | 3,714 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Scotland | 12 | 1:446,151 | 18,166 |
| Jamaica | 11 | 1:260,904 | 6,695 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gafoor (10,147) may also be a first name.
Gafoor Demographics
Average Gafoor Salary in
United States
$50,977 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Gafoor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafoor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafoor (Hindi: गफूर, Marathi: गफ़ुर) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafoor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 11,061st most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 143,521 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Gafoor live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 55 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Gafoor is also the 60,638th most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 10,147 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is held by 26,243 people, or 1 in 6,807. In Pakistan Gafoor is most common in: Sindh, where 76 percent live, Punjab, where 18 percent live and Balochistan, where 3 percent live. Excluding Pakistan Gafoor is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent live.
Gafoor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Gafoor are 9.81% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.04% being registered with the political party.
The amount Gafoor earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 31.37% more than the national average, earning R 312,180 per year; in United States they earn 18.14% more than the national average, earning $50,977 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.67% more than the national average, earning $52,002 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gafoor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gafoor in the Hindi language | ||
| गफूर | gaphura | 99.85 |
| गफ़ूर | gafura | 0.15 |
| Gafoor in the Marathi language | ||
| गफ़ुर | gafura | 60 |
| गफ़ूर | gafura | 30 |
| अगफ़ुर | agafura | 10 |
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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 Gafoor
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