Ghafouri Surname
Approximately 37,601 people bear this surname
Ghafouri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 36,733 | 1:2,090 | 259 |
| United States | 292 | 1:1,241,298 | 87,773 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Algeria | 98 | 1:394,200 | 33,870 |
| Sweden | 53 | 1:185,788 | 12,836 |
| Canada | 45 | 1:818,791 | 63,991 |
| Germany | 43 | 1:1,872,220 | 105,027 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Ghafouri (606) may also be a first name.
Ghafouri Demographics
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Ghafouri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafouri Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafouri is most common in Iran. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafouri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,816th most common surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 193,813 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghafouri are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Ghafouri is also the 339,515th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 606 people.
It is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 36,733 people, or 1 in 2,090. In Iran it is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 19 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 14 percent reside and Isfahan Province, where 10 percent reside. Barring Iran this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 1 percent reside.
Ghafouri Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ghafouri last name are 11.33% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 64.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Ghafouri earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 58.28% more than the national average, earning $68,295 USD per year and in Canada they earn 89.14% more than the national average, earning $93,969 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ghafouri
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