Zaafir Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Zaafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Maldives | 3 | 1:134,724 | 4,057 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Zaafir (116) may also be a first name.
Zaafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zaafir is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Zaafir click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaafir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,944,094th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name Zaafir occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Zaafir are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Zaafir is also the 868,627th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 116 people.
The last name Zaafir is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,954,796. In Pakistan Zaafir is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 67 percent are found, Sindh, where 17 percent are found and Islamabad Capital Territory, where 13 percent are found. Other than Pakistan this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 18 percent are found and The Maldives, where 7 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Zaafir
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