Afakan Surname

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

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Northern Cyprus
Highest density in:
Northern Cyprus

Afakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Northern Cyprus71:45,5737,927
India61:127,844,230863,365
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Afakan (15) may also be a first name.

Afakan Last Name Facts

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

Afakan (Hindi: अफकान, Marathi: अफकान) is borne by more people in Northern Cyprus than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afakan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Afakan are found; 44 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 44 percent are found in East Thrace and Karpass. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 15 people.

The surname is most numerous in Northern Cyprus, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 45,573. In Northern Cyprus Afakan is primarily found in: Lefkoşa District, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Northern Cyprus Afakan occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 38 percent are found and Turkey, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afakhan9210/
Afhakan924/
Afahakan86192/
Affakhan8629/
Afakhanh861/
Aufakhan861/
Afacan837,448/
Afokan831/
Afacanh771/
Affokan771/
Afekhan771/
Ashfaqkhan751/
Afoukane71308/
Aphakhan711/
Afocan67414/
Efekan67161/
Efokan676/
Haphakane672/
Afacanová671/
Afokam671/
Asfakaasim631/
Aphakon6247/
Afoycan6210/
Affacon622/
Afoican622/
Affakom621/
Afoucan621/
Afoukon621/
Afuocan621/
Afocane621/
Affekoun572/
Ohfokain571/
Hoffacan570/
Aphaykoun531/
Afaqonova531/
Efecan50517/
Afocam502/
Aphaykoune501/
Efekon501/

Afakan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afakan in the Marathi language
अफकानaphakana-
Afakan in the Hindi language
अफकानaphakana71.43
आफाकंaphakam14.29
अफाकनaphakana14.29

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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 Afakan
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