Ghafoori Surname
Approximately 2,365 people bear this surname
Ghafoori Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1,304 | 1:24,657 | 1,162 |
| Iran | 548 | 1:140,114 | 12,580 |
| United States | 232 | 1:1,562,323 | 105,498 |
| Pakistan | 139 | 1:1,285,208 | 14,950 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Ghafoori (744) may also be a first name.
Ghafoori Demographics
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Ghafoori Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafoori Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafoori is more frequently found in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ghafoori.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafoori? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 180,255th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,081,415 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 85 percent of Ghafoori are found; 84 percent are found in South Asia and 84 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ghafoori is also the 301,495th most frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 744 people.
The last name Ghafoori is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 1,304 people, or 1 in 24,657. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Herat, where 40 percent are found, Kabul, where 16 percent are found and Balkh, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Afghanistan this last name occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 23 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Ghafoori Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Ghafoori surname are 12.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.09% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ghafoori earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 45.02% more than the national average, earning $62,576 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.72% more than the national average, earning $52,027 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
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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
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