Ghufoor Surname

1,108,016th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 220 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Ghufoor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghufoor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1981:902,24212,252
India71:109,580,769786,157
England61:9,286,343223,652
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ghufoor (22) may also be a first name.

Ghufoor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ghufoor is most common in Pakistan. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghufoor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,108,016th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 33,125,209 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Ghufoor are found; 93 percent are found in South Asia and 93 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,301,746th most common first name worldwide, held by 22 people.

It is most widely held in Pakistan, where it is held by 198 people, or 1 in 902,242. In Pakistan Ghufoor is most frequent in: Punjab, where 80 percent reside, Sindh, where 15 percent reside and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 3 percent reside. Beside Pakistan Ghufoor is found in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and England, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ghoufoor935/
Ghuffoor934/
Ghaufoor933/
Gufoor92103/
Ghufor9229/
Ghuffor8633/
Gaufoor865/
Guffoor863/
Ghufour862/
Nghufor861/
Ghoufor861/
Gufor8312/
Ngufor771,539/
Ghufar77654/
Guffor7764/
Ghufur7720/
Gufour775/
Gifoor772/
Gufore771/
Guhfor771/
Goufor771/
Gufort771/
Ghuffar71386/
Gufford7198/
Ghufaar7135/
Ngoufor7131/
Ghoofar717/
Ghoufar716/
Ghoufur711/
Guforth711/
Ghuffur711/
Ghaufar711/
Gaufort710/
Gusford710/
Gufar67325/
Gufur67189/
Ghueffar671/
Ghooffar671/
Ghudffar671/
Gussford671/
Gousford670/
Gifor670/

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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 Ghufoor
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