Ghafury Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Libya

Ghafury Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghafury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Ghafury Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ghafury occurs most in Germany. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghafury? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 57 percent of Ghafury reside; 57 percent reside in Western Europe and 57 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Ghafury is most frequent in: Hesse, where 88 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Germany it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 14 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghafoury935,520/
Gafury9214/
Ghafuri861,447/
Ghafory8640/
Ghafurj865/
Ghafure864/
Gafuriy864/
Gafuray861/
Gaffury861/
Ghafura861/
Ghafouri8037,601/
Ghafoory8071/
Ghafoura808/
Ghaffory803/
Ghafuiri803/
Ghaffuri801/
Gafurych801/
Ghafauri801/
Gafuri77744/
Gafura7762/
Gafure7713/
Gafory772/
Ghaffouri7515/
Gaffuri712,390/
Ghafiri711,174/
Gaffory71389/
Ghafori71282/
Ghafore71169/
Ghafora71153/
Gafurri7131/
Ghofuri7124/
Gafouri7123/
Gaffiry717/
Gafoure714/
Gafurie714/
Gaffura712/
Gafoory711/
Ghafire711/
Ghaffourri711/
Gafoura711/
Godfury711/
Gafuroi711/
Gafuroa711/
Gaffure711/
Ghafoori672,365/
Gaffurri6750/
Ghafoore6710/
Ghefouri679/
Ghaffori675/
Ghaffora672/
Gahfouri671/
Hgafouri671/
Ghaforeh671/
Ghaforee671/
Ngafouri671/
Ghaforri671/
Gafforey670/

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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 Ghafury
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