Ghafoor Surname
Approximately 241,423 people bear this surname
Ghafoor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 216,298 | 1:826 | 127 |
| Afghanistan | 15,037 | 1:2,138 | 246 |
| Iraq | 2,264 | 1:15,469 | 1,018 |
| England | 1,781 | 1:31,285 | 4,176 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,749 | 1:17,642 | 2,451 |
| India | 1,101 | 1:696,699 | 32,391 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,032 | 1:8,878 | 1,104 |
| United States | 495 | 1:732,240 | 57,446 |
| Kuwait | 299 | 1:12,711 | 1,729 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| Iran | 141 | 1:544,557 | 31,350 |
| Canada | 141 | 1:261,316 | 24,674 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Scotland | 129 | 1:41,502 | 3,856 |
| Qatar | 112 | 1:21,054 | 2,246 |
| Tanzania | 83 | 1:637,851 | 38,732 |
| Maldives | 57 | 1:7,091 | 607 |
| Malaysia | 54 | 1:546,189 | 26,882 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Sweden | 46 | 1:214,060 | 14,843 |
| South Africa | 34 | 1:1,593,462 | 80,086 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Oman | 15 | 1:245,865 | 4,150 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 1:905,665 | 45,114 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Ghafoor (41,168) may also be a first name.
Ghafoor Demographics
Average Male Ghafoor Height
174 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ghafoor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafoor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ghafoor occurs in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ghafoor click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafoor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,274th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 30,186 people. The last name Ghafoor is predominantly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghafoor live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 21,694th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 41,168 people.
It is most frequent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 216,298 people, or 1 in 826. In Pakistan Ghafoor is most common in: Punjab, where 56 percent live, Sindh, where 17 percent live and Balochistan, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname is found in 70 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 6 percent live and Iraq, where 1 percent live.
Ghafoor Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghafoor surname are 7.26% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60.49% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ghafoor earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 4.09% more than the national average, earning 360,232 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 32.36% more than the national average, earning R 314,544 per year; in United States they earn 16.72% more than the national average, earning $50,362 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.7% more than the national average, earning $56,988 CAD per year.
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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 Ghafoor
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