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

Afaaf (Russian: Афааф) is more commonly found in The Maldives than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Afaaf click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afaaf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. This surname is primarily found 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 frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 627 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The Maldives, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 25,261. In The Maldives it is mostly concentrated in: Malé, where 44 percent are found, Lhaviyani Atoll, where 19 percent are found and Alif Dhaal Atoll, where 6 percent are found. Not including The Maldives this last name 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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