Gardafi Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gardafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gardafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Gardafi (31) may also be a first name.

Gardafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gardafi is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gardafi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gardafi is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Gardafi is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Gardafi are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name globally It is held by 31 people.

Gardafi is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kano, where 56 percent live, Zamfara, where 31 percent live and Jigawa, where 6 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 6 percent live and Pakistan, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gardasfi931/
Gardaffi931/
Ardafi9237/
Gardafy861/
Gardefi860/
Ardayfio802,188/
Gardafee8014/
Gerdafie801/
Ardaifio801/
Ardofi772/
Gardaphe6726/
Hardafee671/
Ordafa621/
Ardaveh57543/
Gardephe5339/

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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 Gardafi
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