Afaaf Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Maldives
Highest density in:
Maldives

Afaaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afaaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Maldives161:25,2611,532
India51:153,413,076951,030
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Afaaf (627) may also be a first name.

Afaaf Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afaaf Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Afaaf (Russian: Афааф) has its highest incidence in The Maldives. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afaaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afaaf is the 3,730,171st most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 96 percent of Afaaf are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Afaaf is also the 332,667th most common first name internationally It is held by 627 people.

This surname is most commonly held in The Maldives, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 25,261. In The Maldives Afaaf is primarily found in: Malé, where 44 percent are found, Lhaviyani Atoll, where 19 percent are found and Alif Dhaal Atoll, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The Maldives this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 18 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afaf893,967/
Ashfaaf831/
Affaf80350/
Afafe80208/
Hafaf8047/
Gafaf8011/
Aafaf807/
Afaff803/
Afaif802/
Afasf802/
Afafh802/
Afadf801/
Afayf801/
Afaab801/
Ashfaafh771/
Haffaf733,382/
Hafhaf73832/
Gaffaf73227/
Adfadf7314/
Hafafe7312/
Awfawf734/
Asfasf734/
Affafe733/
Afasdf731/
Afeafe731/
Afayfeh6747/
Afab6743/
Gapfauf6715/
Haffafe675/
Afof673/
Afav673/
Asdfasf672/
Afaw672/
Aswfasf671/
Asfasdf671/
Ahafhaf671/

Afaaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afaaf in the Russian language
Афаафafaaf-

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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 Afaaf
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