Gjafa Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Gjafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo | 11 | 1:169,261 | 6,833 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Gjafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gjafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gjafa occurs in Kosovo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Gjafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gjafa? popularity and diffusion
Gjafa is the 4,307,654th most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Gjafa is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gjafa reside; 57 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 57 percent reside in Albano-Europe.
Gjafa is most frequent in Kosovo, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 169,261. In Kosovo it is mostly found in: District of Mitrovica, where 73 percent live, District of Peja, where 18 percent live and District of Ferizaj, where 9 percent live. Besides Kosovo it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 38 percent live and Albania, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gjafaj | 91 | 6 | / |
| Ghafa | 80 | 96 | / |
| Gjafo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ghaffa | 73 | 152 | / |
| Ghafai | 73 | 147 | / |
| Ghadfa | 73 | 147 | / |
| Ghayfa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ghafat | 73 | 7 | / |
| Ghiafa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ghafaz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ghafaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gjafer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghafaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghafas | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghafhah | 67 | 21 | / |
| Xafa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ngyafau | 67 | 14 | / |
| Ghaffat | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ghafash | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ghaifah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ghaffah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gaiiafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gajjafi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghaffai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghayfah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gjafa
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