Ghafoury Surname
Approximately 5,520 people bear this surname
Ghafoury Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 5,408 | 1:6,476 | 594 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Ghafoury (266) may also be a first name.
Ghafoury Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghafoury Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghafoury is found most frequently in Iraq. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ghafoury.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghafoury? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 87,183rd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,320,208 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghafoury live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 98 percent live in Levant. Ghafoury is also the 545,281st most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 266 people.
Ghafoury is most widespread in Iraq, where it is held by 5,408 people, or 1 in 6,476. Without taking into account Iraq this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 1 percent reside and Iran, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ghafoury
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