Guftan Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Guftan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guftan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan161:2,009,57414,441
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Guftan (24) may also be a first name.

Guftan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Guftan (Hindi: गुफ़्तन) is found in Afghanistan more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guftan? popularity and diffusion

The surname Guftan is the 4,772,636th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname Guftan occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Guftan are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Guftan is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 24 people.

This surname is most numerous in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 2,009,574. In Afghanistan it is mostly found in: Logar, where 38 percent reside, Herat, where 19 percent reside and Kabul, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Afghanistan this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gubtan832/
Uftain831/
Gufton831/
Gifttan773/
Ufton73210/
Ghubthan711/
Hufton671,460/
Gifton6720/
Gubton670/
Houfton6216/
Huffton6211/
Ouwtang6210/
Gauvtam622/
Gowthan622/
Gouwtam621/
Haufton620/
Ubton551/
Gowton50190/
Huwton501/
Hubton500/

Guftan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Guftan in the Hindi language
गुफ़्तनguftana33.33
गुफतानguphatana33.33
गुफतनguphatana33.33

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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 Guftan
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