Ghafeer Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Ghafeer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Syria | 7 | 1:2,757,289 | 11,022 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ghafeer (18) may also be a first name.
Ghafeer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafeer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafeer is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafeer? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ghafeer is the 1,185,157th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Ghafeer live; 77 percent live in North Africa and 77 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Ghafeer is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 18 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Besides Egypt this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 15 percent live and Syria, where 4 percent live.
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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 Ghafeer
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