Afagar Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Niger

Afagar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afagar 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
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Afagar (17) may also be a first name.

Afagar Last Name Facts

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

Afagar (Hindi: अफगार, Marathi: अफगार) is found most in India. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Afagar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afagar? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Afagar live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 17 people.

The surname is most widely held in India, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India it is most frequent in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent reside, Bihar, where 25 percent reside and Uttar Pradesh, where 25 percent reside. Apart from India it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 14 percent reside and Niger, where 14 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
Afangar923/
Gafagar921/
Affagard86409/
Aafagare861/
Afegar831/
Afogar831/
Gofagar7711/
Goffagar7111/
Afogor6718/
Efagor671/
Ophaghar571/
Ophagaur571/
Efegor5037/
Efogor505/
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Afagar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afagar in the Hindi language
अफगारaphagara-
Afagar in the Marathi language
अफगारaphagara60
अफगरaphagara40

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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 Afagar
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