Gahffar Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Gahffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 52 | 1:3,435,459 | 26,277 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Gahffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gahffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gahffar is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gahffar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,580,327th most widespread family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Gahffar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gahffar live; 95 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Islamic South Asia.
This last name is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 3,435,459. In Pakistan it is mostly concentrated in: Sindh, where 56 percent reside, Punjab, where 38 percent reside and Balochistan, where 4 percent reside. Other than Pakistan Gahffar is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 5 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Gahffar
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