Galafar Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Galafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Galafar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran721:1,066,42448,180
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Galafar (14) may also be a first name.

Galafar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Galafar (Marathi: गलफर) is found most frequently in Iran. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Galafar.

How Common Is The Last Name Galafar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Galafar is the 2,168,711th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Galafar are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 95 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most widespread forename in the world, borne by 14 people.

The last name Galafar is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 1,066,424. In Iran Galafar is primarily concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 35 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 25 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 25 percent reside. Other than Iran it exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Galafar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Galafar in the Marathi language
गलफरgalaphara85.71
गलफारgalaphara14.29

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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 Galafar
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