Afaan Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Afaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Afaan (247) may also be a first name.
Afaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afaan (Hindi: अफाान) occurs more in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afaan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afaan is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Afaan reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 567,531st most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 247 people.
This last name is most numerous in Pakistan, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,508,464. In Pakistan Afaan is mostly found in: Punjab, where 76 percent live, Sindh, where 18 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 6 percent live. Besides Pakistan this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 14 percent live and India, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afaan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afaan in the Hindi language | ||
| अफाान | aphaana | 50 |
| अफआन | apha'ana | 50 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Afaan
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