Afajar Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Afajar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afajar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India151:51,137,692512,385
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Afajar (140) may also be a first name.

Afajar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afajar (Arabic: افخار, Hindi: अफजार, Marathi: अफजर) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Afajar.

How Common Is The Last Name Afajar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Afajar are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 94 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Afajar is also the 781,395th most widespread forename globally, borne by 140 people.

This last name is most prevalent in India, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 51,137,692. In India Afajar is most numerous in: Bihar, where 53 percent live, Uttar Pradesh, where 40 percent live and Jharkhand, where 7 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afasar833,892/
Afijar833/
Afazar831/
Afayar831/
Afajor831/
Afajir831/
Afajer831/
Afasare77216/
Afazare7728/
Afakhar7714/
Afazarh7710/
Aphajar773/
Aafasar771/
Afasarh771/
Afachar771/
Apfasar771/
Affasar771/
Asfazar771/
Afasaar771/
Hafejar771/
Eafasar771/
Hafijar771/
Afair7323/
Afaer735/
Afaur731/
Hafazare711/
Afeare67128/
Gafaer678/
Gafaur677/
Gafair677/
Ajfair674/
Affair674/
Afaire674/
Gafear673/
Aufair672/
Asfair672/
Aafachhar671/
Afosar671/
Aafaur671/
Afayor671/
Ofasar671/
Ofacar671/

Afajar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afajar in the Marathi language
अफजरaphajara-
Afajar in the Hindi language
अफजारaphajara73.58
अफजरaphajara26.42
Afajar in the Arabic language
افخارafkhar-

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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
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  • 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 Afajar
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