Afaghani Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Guyana

Afaghani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afaghani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran221:3,490,11599,764
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Guyana31:254,07411,262
Syria31:6,433,67416,197
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Afaghani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afaghani occurs in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afaghani? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,843,861st most widespread surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Afaghani is primarily found in Asia, where 62 percent of Afaghani live; 47 percent live in South Asia and 47 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The last name Afaghani is most frequent in Iran, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 3,490,115. In Iran Afaghani is primarily concentrated in: Qazvin Province, where 36 percent live, Mazandaran Province, where 27 percent live and Tehran Province, where 27 percent live. Without taking into account Iran it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 28 percent live and Guyana, where 6 percent live.

Afaghani Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Afaghani last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

Afaghani earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 91.2% more than the national average, earning $82,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afagani9342/
Afaganis8857/
Afaghane8811/
Afaghana885/
Afaghany885/
Aphaghani8253/
Afagana808/
Afagane802/
Aphaghaniy783/
Afangane751/
Aphaghana713/
Aphaghanay671/
Aphagana631/
Afougane631/

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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 Afaghani
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