Golafshani Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Golafshani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Golafshani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Iran71:10,968,932186,522
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080

Golafshani Last Name Facts

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

Golafshani is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Golafshani? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Golafshani occurs mostly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Golafshani are found; 78 percent are found in North America and 78 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Golafshani is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 22,653,683. In The United States Golafshani is primarily found in: Connecticut, where 38 percent live, Utah, where 38 percent live and Virginia, where 13 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 38 percent live and Iran, where 18 percent live.

Golafshani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Golafshani surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Golafshani earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 30.53% less than the national average, earning $29,975 USD per year and in Canada they earn 66.17% more than the national average, earning $82,560 CAD per year.

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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 Golafshani
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