Ghafuri Surname

269,724th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,447 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Ghafuri Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghafuri Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1,3601:56,4586,162
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Germany131:6,192,728213,814
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Netherlands121:1,407,26575,423
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
England21:27,859,030389,889
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Ghafuri (13) may also be a first name.

Ghafuri Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ghafuri is more frequently found in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghafuri? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 269,724th most frequently used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 5,036,314 people. The last name Ghafuri is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Ghafuri are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is carried by 1,360 people, or 1 in 56,458. In Iran Ghafuri is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 17 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 16 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent live. Outside of Iran Ghafuri occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Iraq, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Ghafuri Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ghafuri surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Ghafuri earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $47,270 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghafouri9337,601/
Ghafuiri933/
Ghaffuri931/
Ghafauri931/
Gafuri92744/
Ghaffouri8815/
Gaffuri862,390/
Ghafiri861,174/
Ghafori86282/
Gafurri8631/
Ghofuri8624/
Gafouri8623/
Ghafury8614/
Ghafurj865/
Ghafure864/
Gafuriy864/
Gafurie864/
Ghafura861/
Gafuroi861/
Ghaffourri821/
Ghafoury805,520/
Ghafoori802,365/
Gaffurri8050/
Ghefouri809/
Ghafoura808/
Ghaffori805/
Gahfouri801/
Ghaforri801/
Ngafouri801/
Hgafouri801/
Gafura7762/
Gafori7728/
Gafury7714/
Gafure7713/
Gafiri7712/
Gofuri779/
Ghaffoori759/
Ghafoorii751/
Ghosfouri751/
Ghafore71169/
Ghafora71153/
Ghofiri71119/
Gaffori7184/
Ghafory7140/
Gafoori716/
Gafoure714/
Gaffura712/
Gaforih711/
Gafoura711/
Ghafire711/
Ghofori711/
Gaffure711/
Gaffury711/
Gafuroa711/
Gafuray711/
Ghoufiri67414/
Ghafoory6771/
Ghafoore6710/
Ghaffory673/
Ghaffora672/
Gahffori671/
Ghaforeh671/
Ghaforee671/
Gafurych671/

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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 Ghafuri
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