Ghafourifar Surname

618,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ghafourifar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghafourifar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran4861:157,98913,689
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Ghafourifar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ghafourifar is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghafourifar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 618,896th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. Ghafourifar occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Ghafourifar reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 98 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

This surname is most common in Iran, where it is borne by 486 people, or 1 in 157,989. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 12 percent are found, Golestan Province, where 10 percent are found and West Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent are found. Barring Iran this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent are found and Canada, where 0 percent are found.

Ghafourifar Last Name Statistics demography

Ghafourifar earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghafourifard96710/
Ghaforifard911/
Gafrifar844/
Ghaffarifar827/
Gafrfar783/
Ghaffarifard782/
Gafurifuri761/
Gafrafar745/
Khavarifar67173/
Gafurafura674/

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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 Ghafourifar
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