Afagana Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Afagana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afagana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India71:109,580,769786,157
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Afagana (424) may also be a first name.

Afagana Last Name Facts

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

Afagana (Hindi: अफगाना, Marathi: अफगाना) is found most in India. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afagana? popularity and diffusion

Afagana is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 88 percent of Afagana reside; 88 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Afagana is also the 417,166th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 424 people.

This surname is most common in India, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Afagana is most frequent in: Bihar, where 100 percent are found. Not including India Afagana exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afaghana935/
Afangana931/
Afagani8642/
Afagane862/
Afaganis8057/
Afaghani8047/
Afaghane8011/
Afaghany805/
Afangane801/
Aphagana801/
Aphaghana753/
Aphaghanau713/
Aphaghanay711/
Aphaghanat711/
Aphaghanas711/
Afeghena671/
Afougane671/
Aphaghani6353/
Aphaghaniy593/
Efagono573/
Effagono531/

Afagana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afagana in the Hindi language
अफगानाaphagana-
Afagana in the Marathi language
अफगानाaphagana-

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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 Afagana
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