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Ghaffar Surname Meaning

Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ghaffār ‘most-forgiving most-merciful’.

Al-Ghaffār ‘the All-forgiving’ is an attribute of Allah also seen in the compound name ʿAbd al-Ghaffār.

ʿAbdul-Ghaffār ‘servant of the All-forgiving’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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You can see how Ghaffar families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ghaffar family name was found in the USA in 1920. In 1920 there was 1 Ghaffar family living in Ohio. This was 100% of all the recorded Ghaffar's in USA. Ohio had the highest population of Ghaffar families in 1920.
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Passenger Lists

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Between 1965 and 2001, in the United States, Ghaffar life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1992, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Ghaffar in 1965 was 70, and 69 in 2001.

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