Garfar Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Garfar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Garfar (106) may also be a first name.
Garfar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garfar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garfar (Hindi: गरफार) is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garfar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Garfar reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Garfar is also the 915,176th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 106 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 39 percent are found, Osun, where 23 percent are found and Benue, where 10 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gharfar | 92 | 13 | / |
| Garffar | 92 | 1 | / |
| Garfard | 92 | 1 | / |
| Arfar | 91 | 3 | / |
| Gharffar | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arfard | 83 | 12 | / |
| Harfar | 83 | 4 | / |
| Garfor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Garfarova | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garford | 77 | 407 | / |
| Garfort | 77 | 56 | / |
| Garfoor | 77 | 4 | / |
| Airfard | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngorfar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Harfair | 77 | 0 | / |
| Harfard | 77 | 0 | / |
| Harpfar | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gharfoor | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ghourfar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gharfour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ghoorfar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garhfour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Garrford | 71 | 0 | / |
| Garfortt | 71 | 0 | / |
| Harfarth | 71 | 0 | / |
| Arford | 67 | 335 | / |
| Arfort | 67 | 13 | / |
| Aarfor | 67 | 9 | / |
| Arphar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arfeur | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaarforth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Airfor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorfor | 67 | 1 | / |
Garfar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garfar in the Hindi language | ||
| गरफार | garaphara | - |
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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 Garfar
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