Haffar Surname
Approximately 5,098 people bear this surname
Haffar Surname User-submission:
Haffar is an 'excavator' or 'someone who digs'. In Iran, The Haffar is a canal from the Korun River to the Persian Gulf, near the City of Korramshahr in southwest Iran. In former times there were castles besides the canal, "Coul- Haffar", the canal was dug out by probable slave named Haffar while Adud ad-Daula was at reign (09/24 936 , Isfahan --03/26 983, Bagdad).
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,168 | 1:17,819 | 3,265 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,073 | 1:28,757 | 4,075 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| United States | 208 | 1:1,742,591 | 114,999 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Venezuela | 90 | 1:335,601 | 7,420 |
| Syria | 73 | 1:264,398 | 4,341 |
| United Arab Emirates | 58 | 1:157,970 | 11,714 |
| Canada | 56 | 1:657,957 | 53,499 |
| France | 38 | 1:1,747,966 | 156,445 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Tunisia | 29 | 1:21,056 | 3,344 |
| Lebanon | 27 | 1:208,781 | 8,577 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Ecuador | 14 | 1:1,136,132 | 15,474 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Haffar (26) may also be a first name.
Haffar Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Haffar is an 'excavator' or 'someone who digs'. In Iran, The Haffar is a canal from the Korun River to the Persian Gulf, near the City of Korramshahr in southwest Iran. In former times there were castles besides the canal, "Coul- Haffar", the canal was dug out by probable slave named Haffar while Adud ad-Daula was at reign (09/24 936 , Isfahan --03/26 983, Bagdad).
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Haffar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Haffar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Haffar is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Haffar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 93,564th most widely held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,429,491 people. The last name Haffar is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Haffar are found; 58 percent are found in North Africa and 55 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,084,397th most numerous given name internationally. It is borne by 26 people.
The last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 2,168 people, or 1 in 17,819. In Algeria Haffar is primarily concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 54 percent are found, Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 10 percent are found and Sétif Province, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Algeria this last name exists in 43 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 21 percent are found and Morocco, where 12 percent are found.
Haffar Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Haffar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Haffar last name grew 5,200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Haffar Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Haffar surname are 40.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 86.96% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Haffar earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 19.59% more than the national average, earning $51,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.74% more than the national average, earning $58,002 CAD per year.
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