Gahfar Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Gahfar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 165 | 1:1,082,690 | 13,590 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Gahfar (11) may also be a first name.
Gahfar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahfar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gahfar is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gahfar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahfar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,276,805th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Gahfar live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Gahfar is also the 3,487,849th most common first name globally, held by 11 people.
This last name is most common in Pakistan, where it is held by 165 people, or 1 in 1,082,690. In Pakistan Gahfar is most frequent in: Punjab, where 76 percent live, Balochistan, where 9 percent live and Sindh, where 9 percent live. Apart from Pakistan Gahfar occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 4 percent live and Algeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Gahfar
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