Ghaffari (Persian,غفاری) is a
surname name, often associated with Iranian families from the
Kashan
Kashan ( fa, ; Qashan; Cassan; also romanized as Kāshān) is a city in the northern part of Isfahan province, Iran. At the 2017 census, its population was 396,987 in 90,828 families.
Some etymologists argue that the city name comes from ...
regional-area.
[Zarabi, ''The History of Kashan'', 1999 (تاريخ كاشان)] However the name is found all over Iran and elsewhere, as families historically Iran did not have last names until governmental policies instituted within the 20th century, hence the name can be found all over
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, such as
Mazandaran and
Semnan.
[Naraqi, ''The Ghaffari Family of Kashan'', 1966 (خاندان غفاری کاشان)]
People with the surname Ghaffari
* Ghaffari Iris x-Ray Radiologist 1969 Paris France.
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Abu'l-Hasan Khan Ghaffari Kashani (also known as Sani al Mulk (Abu'l-Hasan);1814–1866), Iranian painter
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Cihangir Ghaffari (born 1940), Iranian actor and film producer
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Hadi Ghaffari (born 1950), Iranian political Ayatollah
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Siamak Matt Ghaffari, Iran-born American Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist
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Mohammad Ghaffari (known as Kamal-Ol-Molk; 1848–1940), Iranian painter and Freemason
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Roozbeh Ghaffari, American biomedical engineer and neuroscientist
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Saeed Reza Ghaffari (born 1962), Iranian scientist and physician
Masoumeh Ghaffari MD Iranian American physician
surgeon
Other members of the Ghaffari family
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Abdollah Entezam
Abdollah Entezam was an Iranian Diplomat (alternatively: Seyed Abdollah Entezam), son of Seyed Mohamad also known as "Binesh Ali", leader of Safi Ali Shahi order of dervishes in Iran. His father was also a diplomat.
Older brother of Nasrollah Entez ...
, Saltaneh, Iranian Chairman of
National Iranian Oil Company
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC; fa, شرکت ملّی نفت ایران, Sherkat-e Melli-ye Naft-e Īrān) is a government-owned national oil and natural gas producer and distributor under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of ...
, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Secretary of State)
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Farrokh Khan, 19th-century Persian Ambassador to France, politician, and
Freemason
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Surnames
Iranian families