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
Average Ghafoori Salary in
United States
$62,576 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ghafoori Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafoori Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafoori occurs most in Afghanistan. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafoori? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghafoori is the 180,255th most numerous last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 3,081,415 people. The last name Ghafoori is mostly 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. It is also the 301,495th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 744 people.
The surname Ghafoori is most commonly held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 1,304 people, or 1 in 24,657. In Afghanistan Ghafoori is most numerous in: Herat, where 40 percent live, Kabul, where 16 percent live and Balkh, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Afghanistan this surname exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Ghafoori Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghafoori last name are 12.32% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.09% registered to vote for 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
- 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 Ghafoori
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