Ghafian Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Ghafian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine | 27 | 1:168,476 | 8,634 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
Ghafian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafian Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafian is more commonly found in Palestine than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafian? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghafian is the 3,543,123rd most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The last name Ghafian occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghafian live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Levant.
It is most commonly used in Palestine, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 168,476. In Palestine Ghafian is most frequent in: Hebron Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Palestine this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Iraq, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Ghafian
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