Ghafour Surname
Approximately 2,746 people bear this surname
Ghafour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 939 | 1:81,771 | 8,322 |
| Morocco | 852 | 1:40,465 | 6,572 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Pakistan | 265 | 1:674,128 | 10,302 |
| Algeria | 100 | 1:386,316 | 33,655 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Sweden | 49 | 1:200,954 | 13,911 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Switzerland | 19 | 1:432,259 | 31,718 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Ghafoùr (1) are calculated separately.
Ghafour (11,116) may also be a first name.
Ghafour Demographics
Average Ghafour Salary in
United States
$33,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ghafour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghafour (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻔﻮﺭ) is most common in Iran. It can also occur as: Ghafoùr. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafour? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ghafour is the 158,951st most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,653,877 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 47 percent of Ghafour live; 47 percent live in North Africa and 44 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 57,073rd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 11,116 people.
The surname is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 939 people, or 1 in 81,771. In Iran Ghafour is most numerous in: Tehran Province, where 32 percent reside, Isfahan Province, where 14 percent reside and West Azerbaijan Province, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Iran this last name exists in 37 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 31 percent reside and Egypt, where 12 percent reside.
Ghafour Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghafour surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Ghafour earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 21.78% less than the national average, earning $33,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.08% less than the national average, earning $49,147 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghafour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghafour in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻐﻔﻮﺭ | alghfwr | - |
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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 Ghafour
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