Afaf Surname

116,250th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,967 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Tuvalu

Afaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1,7041:20,2323,124
Egypt1,0981:83,7307,421
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Indonesia2211:598,41347,561
Iraq2151:162,8914,104
Iran2051:374,54924,535
Vietnam611:1,518,7882,098
Pakistan451:3,969,86428,516
Russia421:3,431,501177,080
India191:40,371,862445,856
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Mauritania121:341,23914,334
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
England31:18,572,686338,250
Maldives31:134,7244,057
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
France21:33,211,361423,184
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Tuvalu11:11,188103
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Palestine11:4,548,84918,388
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Afaf (242,784) may also be a first name.

Afaf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afaf (Arabic: عفاف, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻔﺎﻑ, Hindi: अफाफ, Russian: Афаф) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 116,250th most prevalent surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,837,042 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 71 percent of Afaf reside; 71 percent reside in North Africa and 43 percent reside in Mahgreb. Afaf is also the 4,325th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 242,784 people.

The surname Afaf is most commonly occurring in Morocco, where it is carried by 1,704 people, or 1 in 20,232. Excluding Morocco this surname exists in 58 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 28 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 6 percent are found.

Afaf Last Name Statistics demography

Afaf earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $44,589 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affaf89350/
Afafe89208/
Hafaf8947/
Afaaf8928/
Gafaf8911/
Aafaf897/
Asfaf897/
Ahfaf893/
Afaff893/
Afafh892/
Afasf892/
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Aifaf891/
Afayf891/
Afadf891/
Haffaf803,382/
Hafhaf80832/
Gaffaf80227/
Gahfaf8090/
Ashfaf8016/
Adfadf8014/
Hafafe8012/
Asdfaf809/
Asfasf804/
Awfawf804/
Affafe803/
Afasdf801/
Afeafe801/
Adfafs801/
Afab7543/
Efaf755/
Afof753/
Afav753/
Afaw752/
Afayfeh7347/
Gapfauf7315/
Haffafe735/
Asdfasf732/
Aswfasf731/
Asfasdf731/
Ahafhaf731/
Afouf671,036/
Hafof6739/
Asdfasdf6729/
Hefaf6719/
Afova6718/
Affaw674/
Afowa674/
Afoof672/
Afofe672/
Oufaf671/
Azfaw671/
Afaiv671/
Afeab671/
Affab671/
Hadfhadf671/
Afoff671/
Ofafe671/
Hafaw671/
Affof671/
Effaf671/
Afaab671/
Ofaff670/

Afaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﻔﺎﻑfaf-
Afaf in the Hindi language
अफाफaphapha56
आफाफaphapha44
Afaf in the Russian language
Афафafaf-
Afaf in the Arabic language
عفافfaf-

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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 Afaf
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