Ghaffar Surname
Approximately 212,945 people bear this surname
Ghaffar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 185,422 | 1:963 | 152 |
| Afghanistan | 8,934 | 1:3,599 | 379 |
| Iran | 5,697 | 1:13,478 | 1,794 |
| Egypt | 3,630 | 1:25,327 | 2,837 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,306 | 1:13,381 | 1,857 |
| Malaysia | 1,540 | 1:19,152 | 1,814 |
| India | 996 | 1:770,146 | 34,907 |
| United Arab Emirates | 704 | 1:13,015 | 1,608 |
| Morocco | 648 | 1:53,204 | 8,802 |
| England | 630 | 1:88,441 | 9,589 |
| United States | 476 | 1:761,468 | 59,318 |
| Algeria | 375 | 1:103,017 | 15,196 |
| Indonesia | 373 | 1:354,555 | 30,622 |
| Iraq | 246 | 1:142,364 | 3,763 |
| Qatar | 125 | 1:18,864 | 2,013 |
| Canada | 105 | 1:350,910 | 31,754 |
| Bahrain | 103 | 1:13,093 | 2,472 |
| Jordan | 82 | 1:107,835 | 7,304 |
| Scotland | 80 | 1:66,923 | 5,243 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| France | 37 | 1:1,795,209 | 158,669 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Australia | 21 | 1:1,285,510 | 68,491 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Brazil | 14 | 1:15,291,024 | 280,658 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Ghaffar (30,050) may also be a first name.
Ghaffar Demographics
Average Ghaffar Salary in
United States
$51,312 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ghaffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghaffar (Arabic: غفار, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻗﻔﺎﺭ, Hindi: गफ्फार) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ghaffar.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaffar? popularity and diffusion
Ghaffar is the 2,622nd most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 34,223 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ghaffar live; 94 percent live in South Asia and 94 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 27,855th most prevalent first name world-wide. It is borne by 30,050 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 185,422 people, or 1 in 963. In Pakistan Ghaffar is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 55 percent live, Sindh, where 21 percent live and Balochistan, where 14 percent live. Excluding Pakistan this last name exists in 65 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 4 percent live and Iran, where 3 percent live.
Ghaffar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Ghaffar are 4.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.65% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ghaffar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.1% less than the national average, earning 293,838 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 1396.19% more than the national average, earning R 3,555,520 per year; in United States they earn 18.92% more than the national average, earning $51,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.56% more than the national average, earning $50,955 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaffar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaffar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻗﻔﺎﺭ | qfar | - |
| Ghaffar in the Hindi language | ||
| गफ्फार | gaphphara | 65.22 |
| गफफार | gaphaphara | 17.39 |
| ग़फ़्फ़ार | gaffara | 8.7 |
| गफार | gaphara | 4.35 |
| घफ्फर | ghaphphara | 4.35 |
| Ghaffar in the Arabic language | ||
| غفار | ghfar | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Ghaffar
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