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
Ghaffar Political Affiliation
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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) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaffar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,622nd most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 34,223 people. Ghaffar occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ghaffar reside; 94 percent reside in South Asia and 94 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 27,855th most frequently used first name globally, held by 30,050 people.
The last name Ghaffar is most commonly used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 185,422 people, or 1 in 963. In Pakistan Ghaffar is most common in: Punjab, where 55 percent reside, Sindh, where 21 percent reside and Balochistan, where 14 percent reside. Besides Pakistan Ghaffar occurs in 65 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 4 percent reside and Iran, where 3 percent reside.
Ghaffar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghaffar surname are 4.88% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.65% being registered with the political 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
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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 Ghaffar
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