Ghafel Surname

28,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,606 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iraq
Highest density in:
Iraq

Ghafel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghafel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iraq18,0991:1,935244
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Jordan181:491,24612,976
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Yemen111:2,402,29914,089
Syria91:2,144,5589,551
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
England11:55,718,059489,080
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ghafel (1,110) may also be a first name.

Ghafel Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ghafel Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ghafel is found in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghafel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 28,861st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 391,677 people. The surname Ghafel occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghafel reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 97 percent reside in Levant. Ghafel is also the 239,405th most numerous given name world-wide, held by 1,110 people.

The last name is most widespread in Iraq, where it is carried by 18,099 people, or 1 in 1,935. Barring Iraq this last name is found in 16 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 2 percent live and Kuwait, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghafeel921/
Gafel9159/
Ghafl914/
Ghafil83468/
Gaffel83106/
Gadfel836/
Gafael834/
Gafeel833/
Gafuel831/
Gasfel831/
Gafiel831/
Gafeld830/
Gadfelt7714/
Gaffuel771/
Gafaell771/
Ghaphel771/
Gasfeld771/
Ghafleh771/
Ghayfil771/
Gauffel770/
Gaffelt770/
Gefel73151/
Gofel7397/
Gafil7386/
Gaffl7379/
Gáfel736/
Gochfeld7112/
Gashfelt711/
Gaeffell710/
Geffel67289/
Gefell67156/
Gofeld6714/
Gafill6713/
Gaphel678/
Giefel675/
Goifel674/
Gaifil673/
Gophel673/
Goffel672/
Gefael672/
Gaflet671/
Gofell671/
Gephel671/
Goufel671/

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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 Ghafel
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