Zaafar Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Zaafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Yemen | 64 | 1:412,895 | 10,509 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Palestine | 2 | 1:2,274,424 | 17,661 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Zaafar (238) may also be a first name.
Zaafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zaafar (Hindi: जाफर) is found most frequently in Morocco. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaafar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 835,661st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 53 percent of Zaafar live; 52 percent live in North Africa and 52 percent live in Mahgreb. Zaafar is also the 580,229th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 238 people.
Zaafar is most frequently used in Morocco, where it is borne by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Outside of Morocco this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 19 percent live and Iraq, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaafar in the Hindi language | ||
| जाफर | japhara | - |
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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 Zaafar
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