Ghafari Surname
Approximately 4,048 people bear this surname
Ghafari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 2,045 | 1:37,546 | 4,415 |
| Pakistan | 365 | 1:489,435 | 8,521 |
| United States | 289 | 1:1,254,183 | 88,515 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Egypt | 214 | 1:429,606 | 25,756 |
| Canada | 140 | 1:263,183 | 24,832 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Algeria | 106 | 1:364,449 | 32,370 |
| Afghanistan | 89 | 1:361,272 | 5,318 |
| Sweden | 49 | 1:200,954 | 13,911 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Lebanon | 24 | 1:234,878 | 9,056 |
| Denmark | 21 | 1:268,796 | 20,394 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Ghafari (142) may also be a first name.
Ghafari Demographics
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Ghafari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghafari (Arabic: غفرى) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafari? popularity and diffusion
Ghafari is the 114,217th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,800,283 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 72 percent of Ghafari reside; 62 percent reside in South Asia and 62 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Ghafari is also the 775,413th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 142 people.
Ghafari is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 2,045 people, or 1 in 37,546. In Iran Ghafari is most common in: Tehran Province, where 22 percent are found, East Azerbaijan Province, where 11 percent are found and West Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Iran this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 9 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Ghafari Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghafari surname are 12.16% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 58.93% registered with the political party.
The amount Ghafari earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 46.8% more than the national average, earning $63,341 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.25% more than the national average, earning $55,274 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghafari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghafari in the Arabic language | ||
| غفرى | ghfry | - |
| غفري | ghfry | - |
| الغفري | alghfry | - |
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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 Ghafari
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