Gahafar Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Gahafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 15 | 1:11,909,592 | 53,778 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gahafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahafar (Arabic: غفر) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gahafar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahafar? popularity and diffusion
Gahafar is the 3,957,383rd most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Gahafar occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Gahafar reside; 64 percent reside in South Asia and 64 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
It is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,909,592. In Pakistan it is most frequent in: Punjab, where 40 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 33 percent live and Sindh, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 24 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gahafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gahafar in the Arabic language | ||
| غفر | ghfr | - |
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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 Gahafar
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