Afafan Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Afafan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afafan 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
India771:9,961,888192,972
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Afafan (156) may also be a first name.

Afafan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afafan (Hindi: अफफान) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afafan? popularity and diffusion

Afafan is the 1,860,621st most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Afafan reside; 78 percent reside in South Asia and 78 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 735,679th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 156 people.

It is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 9,961,888. In India it is most numerous in: Bihar, where 65 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 34 percent reside and Uttarkhand, where 1 percent reside. Other than India Afafan exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and Iraq, where 1 percent reside.

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
Afafhan921/
Afofan831/
Efafan831/
Afofand771/
Aphaphan5758/
Aphaiphan53296/
Gaphaphan531/
Auphaphan531/
Ofofon5019/
Efefon501/

Afafan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afafan in the Hindi language
अफफानaphaphana-

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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 Afafan
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