Hafal Surname
Approximately 214 people bear this surname
Hafal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 150 | 1:54,358 | 6,878 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Hafal (589) may also be a first name.
Hafal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hafal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Hafal (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺣﻔﺎﻝ) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Hafal? popularity and diffusion
The last name Hafal is the 1,129,067th most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 34,053,953 people. This last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 70 percent of Hafal live; 70 percent live in Oceania Islands and 70 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Hafal is also the 344,724th most commonly used given name at a global level. It is borne by 589 people.
Hafal is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 54,358. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: West Sepik, where 91 percent are found and East Sepik, where 9 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 22 percent are found and Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hafal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hafal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺣﻔﺎﻝ | hfal | - |
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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 Hafal
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