Ghafi Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Ghafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 319 | 1:14,260 | 2,563 |
| Iran | 108 | 1:710,949 | 37,133 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Ghafi (20) may also be a first name.
Ghafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafi occurs more in Palestine more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ghafi is the 565,867th most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 13,036,755 people. The surname Ghafi occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Ghafi live; 65 percent live in West Asia and 65 percent live in Levant. Ghafi is also the 2,446,817th most commonly held given name throughout the world, held by 20 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Palestine, where it is held by 319 people, or 1 in 14,260. In Palestine Ghafi is primarily concentrated in: Hebron Governorate, where 97 percent live and Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Palestine this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 19 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
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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 Ghafi
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