Ghafourian Surname

62,608th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,016 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ghafourian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghafourian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran7,9261:9,6871,323
United States471:7,711,892346,147
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Switzerland41:2,053,22997,179
England31:18,572,686338,250
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
France21:33,211,361423,184
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Ghafourian (461) may also be a first name.

Ghafourian Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ghafourian Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ghafourian occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghafourian? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 62,608th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 909,125 people. The surname Ghafourian occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Ghafourian live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 397,322nd most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 461 people.

Ghafourian is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 7,926 people, or 1 in 9,687. In Iran it is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 55 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 14 percent are found and Alborz Province, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Iran Ghafourian exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Ghafourian Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Ghafourian surname are 39.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ghafourian earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $49,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.41% more than the national average, earning $54,360 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 Ghafourian
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