Ghaffour Surname
Approximately 3,299 people bear this surname
Ghaffour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,912 | 1:13,266 | 2,362 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| France | 57 | 1:1,165,311 | 123,217 |
| Pakistan | 13 | 1:13,741,837 | 58,392 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ghaffour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaffour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghaffour is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaffour? popularity and diffusion
It is the 136,091st most widespread last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 2,209,017 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ghaffour live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
It is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,912 people, or 1 in 13,266. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oran Province, where 80 percent reside, Tlemcen Province, where 14 percent reside and Mascara Province, where 6 percent reside. Besides Algeria this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 9 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Ghaffour
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