Ghaffari
Ghaffari or Qaffari is a surname, often associated with Iranian families from the Kashan region. 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, such as Mazandaran and Semnan.
People with the surname Ghaffari
- Abu'l-Hasan Khan Ghaffari Kashani, Iranian painter
- Cihangir Ghaffari, Iranian actor and film producer
- Hadi Ghaffari, Iranian political Ayatollah
- Siamak Matt Ghaffari, Iran-born American Olympic wrestler and mixed martial artist
- Mohammad Ghaffari, Iranian painter and Freemason
- Roozbeh Ghaffari, American biomedical engineer and neuroscientist
- Saeed Reza Ghaffari, Iranian scientist and physician