Ghofar Surname
Approximately 5,247 people bear this surname
Ghofar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 5,156 | 1:25,650 | 3,051 |
| Pakistan | 41 | 1:4,357,168 | 30,068 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Ghofar (1,022) may also be a first name.
Ghofar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghofar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ghofar is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghofar? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ghofar is the 91,253rd most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,388,898 people. The last name Ghofar occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghofar reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ghofar is also the 251,137th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,022 people.
The surname Ghofar is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 5,156 people, or 1 in 25,650. In Indonesia Ghofar is most common in: East Java, where 50 percent reside, Central Java, where 41 percent reside and West Java, where 1 percent reside. Not including Indonesia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 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 Ghofar
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