Ghaghar Surname
Approximately 681 people bear this surname
Ghaghar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 631 | 1:1,215,635 | 48,641 |
| Pakistan | 48 | 1:3,721,748 | 27,543 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Ghaghar (181) may also be a first name.
Ghaghar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaghar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghaghar (Hindi: घाघर, Oriya: ଘଘର) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaghar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 487,389th most common family name internationally, held by around 1 in 10,701,242 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghaghar live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 677,199th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 181 people.
The surname Ghaghar is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 631 people, or 1 in 1,215,635. In India Ghaghar is most numerous in: Gujarat, where 98 percent are found, Uttarkhand, where 1 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 0 percent are found. Not including India this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 7 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaghar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaghar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଘଘର | ghaghara | - |
| Ghaghar in the Hindi language | ||
| घाघर | ghaghara | 60 |
| घघर | ghaghara | 20 |
| धाधर | dhadhara | 10 |
| घाहघर | ghahaghara | 10 |
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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 Ghaghar
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