Ghazafar Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Ghazafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ghazafar Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:7,959,723202,100
Pakistan71:25,520,55584,222
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Iran21:38,391,262236,033

Ghazafar (128) may also be a first name.

Ghazafar Last Name Facts

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

Ghazafar is found most frequently in England. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghazafar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ghazafar is the 4,649,889th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Ghazafar occurs predominantly in Asia, where 61 percent of Ghazafar live; 61 percent live in South Asia and 61 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Ghazafar is also the 821,896th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 128 people.

The last name is most numerous in England, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,959,723. In England it is mostly found in: Greater Manchester, where 100 percent live. Apart from England this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 39 percent live and Afghanistan, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghazaffar943/
Ghazahfar941/
Ghazatfar941/
Ghazaufar941/
Gazafar931/
Ghasafar887/
Ghazafor881/
Gazzaffar821/
Ghazafore821/
Gajafar805/
Gazafarova7821/
Gajaffar752/
Ghasheifar6718/
Ghosefar631/
Ghashooiefar601/
Ghotsefar591/
Gasaphar501/
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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 Ghazafar
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