Ghaffarin Surname

1,181,191st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 201 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ghaffarin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghaffarin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2001:383,91324,951
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ghaffarin Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ghaffarin is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghaffarin? popularity and diffusion

Ghaffarin is the 1,181,191st most common last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 36,256,447 people. The last name Ghaffarin occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghaffarin are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.

This last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 383,913. In Iran Ghaffarin is most common in: Sistan and Baluchestan Province, where 88 percent reside, Golestan Province, where 6 percent reside and Yazd Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Iran this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghaffarina951/
Gafarin8814/
Ghosffarin841/
Ghaffarimd841/
Ghaferin822/
Ghafourin782/
Gahfarn751/
Gaffern750/
Ghaforen711/
Godfarin711/
Gafoorn632/
Goffern631/
Gafoornc591/
Gafooren591/
Goodfarne560/
Gofhorn504/
Gophern501/
Goforne501/

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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 Ghaffarin
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