Zaafour Surname
Approximately 1,307 people bear this surname
Zaafour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 776 | 1:34,053 | 3,119 |
| Algeria | 411 | 1:93,994 | 14,297 |
| France | 111 | 1:598,403 | 79,437 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
Zaafour (17) may also be a first name.
Zaafour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaafour Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Zaafour is found in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaafour? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 292,450th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,575,781 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Zaafour live; 59 percent live in West Asia and 59 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held given name globally, held by 17 people.
Zaafour is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is carried by 776 people, or 1 in 34,053. In Yemen it is most prevalent in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 96 percent are found and Sana'a Governorate, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Yemen it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 31 percent are found and France, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaafoure | 93 | 1 | / |
| Zafour | 92 | 399 | / |
| Jaafour | 86 | 548 | / |
| Zaffour | 86 | 3 | / |
| Zafoure | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zaafoor | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zaifour | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ziafour | 86 | 1 | / |
| Zafor | 83 | 3,131 | / |
| Zafur | 83 | 19 | / |
| Djaafour | 80 | 103 | / |
| Shaafour | 80 | 39 | / |
| Zaffoure | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jafour | 77 | 554 | / |
| Zaafar | 77 | 330 | / |
| Safour | 77 | 285 | / |
| Jaafor | 77 | 181 | / |
| Zafoor | 77 | 67 | / |
| Zaifur | 77 | 8 | / |
| Zhafor | 77 | 6 | / |
| Cafour | 77 | 4 | / |
| Zafore | 77 | 2 | / |
| Zaffor | 77 | 2 | / |
| Szafor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jaafur | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zafort | 77 | 0 | / |
| Djaaffour | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saffour | 71 | 1,195 | / |
| Djafour | 71 | 788 | / |
| Saifour | 71 | 327 | / |
| Szaforz | 71 | 269 | / |
| Shafour | 71 | 82 | / |
| Caufour | 71 | 34 | / |
| Zaffore | 71 | 32 | / |
| Zhaafar | 71 | 9 | / |
| Zaifoor | 71 | 4 | / |
| Chafour | 71 | 4 | / |
| Jaffour | 71 | 3 | / |
| Za'afar | 71 | 3 | / |
| Zhafoor | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zahafar | 71 | 2 | / |
| Zafhoor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zaafaer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caffour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sahfour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zoufour | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zaifuer | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jaafaur | 71 | 1 | / |
| Dzhafor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zaaffar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zafar | 67 | 271,146 | / |
| Jafor | 67 | 3,968 | / |
| Safur | 67 | 523 | / |
| Chaufour | 67 | 434 | / |
| Safor | 67 | 160 | / |
| Djaffour | 67 | 81 | / |
| Jafur | 67 | 58 | / |
| Zafurova | 67 | 11 | / |
| Cauffour | 67 | 9 | / |
| Cafor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cafur | 67 | 3 | / |
| Dzhaafar | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chaffour | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ćafor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Čafor | 67 | 2 | / |
| Djaafeur | 67 | 2 | / |
| Saiffour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Djafoure | 67 | 1 | / |
| Czawford | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zofor | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Zaafour
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