Afadhali Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Afadhali Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afadhali Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania861:615,60037,853
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Afadhali (102) may also be a first name.

Afadhali Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afadhali has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afadhali.

How Common Is The Last Name Afadhali? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afadhali is the 1,980,395th most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Afadhali reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Afadhali is also the 935,178th most common forename at a global level It is held by 102 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 615,600. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Zanzibar Urban West Region, where 57 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 10 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Rwanda, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hafadhali941/
Afadali932/
Afadeli801/
Afadoula635/
Ephadali631/
Affadele631/
Afodaili631/
Afodele532/
Ofodeli531/
Ayfodele504/
Efadeleh501/
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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 Afadhali
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