Ghafar Surname
Approximately 38,135 people bear this surname
Ghafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 32,122 | 1:5,561 | 508 |
| Malaysia | 3,666 | 1:8,045 | 960 |
| Egypt | 1,037 | 1:88,656 | 7,732 |
| Indonesia | 260 | 1:508,651 | 41,493 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| England | 176 | 1:316,580 | 23,688 |
| Brunei | 148 | 1:2,829 | 491 |
| Iran | 122 | 1:629,365 | 34,390 |
| United Arab Emirates | 116 | 1:78,985 | 7,143 |
| India | 58 | 1:13,225,265 | 229,403 |
| United States | 40 | 1:9,061,473 | 385,835 |
| Scotland | 29 | 1:184,614 | 10,113 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Afghanistan | 17 | 1:1,891,364 | 13,978 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Algeria | 11 | 1:3,511,959 | 46,373 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1:17,080,085 | 2,793 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Ghafar (9,431) may also be a first name.
Ghafar Demographics
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Ghafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻘﻔﺎﺭ, Hindi: ग़फार, Marathi: गफार) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ghafar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,612th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 191,099 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Ghafar reside; 85 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Ghafar is also the 63,739th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 9,431 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 32,122 people, or 1 in 5,561. In Pakistan Ghafar is most common in: Punjab, where 46 percent are found, Sindh, where 21 percent are found and Balochistan, where 17 percent are found. Other than Pakistan this surname occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found and Egypt, where 3 percent are found.
Ghafar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghafar surname are 38.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 85.71% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ghafar earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 64.75% more than the national average, earning $71,088 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.12% less than the national average, earning $45,648 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghafar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻘﻔﺎﺭ | alqfar | - |
| Ghafar in the Hindi language | ||
| ग़फार | gaphara | - |
| Ghafar in the Marathi language | ||
| गफार | gaphara | 83.33 |
| अघफार | aghaphara | 16.67 |
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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 Ghafar
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