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 surname Garfar (Hindi: गरफार) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Garfar.
How Common Is The Last Name Garfar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,372,517th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Garfar live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Garfar is also the 915,176th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 106 people.
The last name Garfar is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Garfar is most common in: Lagos, where 39 percent reside, Osun, where 23 percent reside and Benue, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Garfar is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
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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