Gahfez Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Gahfez Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gahfez Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria2221:174,01621,591
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gahfez Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gahfez Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gahfez is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gahfez? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gahfez is the 1,098,270th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gahfez live; 100 percent live in North Africa and 100 percent live in Mahgreb.

Gahfez is most numerous in Algeria, where it is held by 222 people, or 1 in 174,016. In Algeria Gahfez is primarily found in: Tébessa Province, where 97 percent live, Boumerdès Province, where 2 percent live and Laghouat Province, where 0 percent live. Besides Algeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghahfez921/
Gafez914/
Gaffez83101/
Gafeez833/
Ghafeez771/
Gafiz7313/
Goffez6791/
Gafycz677/
Gaficz675/
Ghafiz671/
Gafić5585/
Gafic5540/
Gafich5016/
Gafych504/
Gaffic501/
Gafics501/

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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 Gahfez
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