Aafar Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Aafar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Aafar (36) may also be a first name.
Aafar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aafar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aafar (Arabic: آيفر, Hindi: आफार) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aafar? popularity and diffusion
Aafar is the 1,860,621st most widely held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 55 percent of Aafar reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 51 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aafar is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 36 people.
The last name Aafar is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 3,542,855. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Zamfara, where 78 percent live, Gombe, where 10 percent live and Sokoto, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 30 percent live and The Netherlands, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aafar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aafar in the Hindi language | ||
| आफार | aphara | - |
| Aafar in the Arabic language | ||
| آيفر | ayfr | - |
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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
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- 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 Aafar
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