Afal Surname
Approximately 306 people bear this surname
Afal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 79 | 1:985,081 | 44,945 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Pakistan | 41 | 1:4,357,168 | 30,068 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Philippines | 20 | 1:5,061,911 | 170,869 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Afal (408) may also be a first name.
Afal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afal (Hindi: अफल) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 881,213th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 23,815,510 people. The surname Afal occurs mostly in Asia, where 70 percent of Afal live; 28 percent live in South Asia and 26 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 426,776th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 408 people.
The last name is most common in Turkey, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 985,081. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Sakarya Province, where 52 percent reside, Erzincan Province, where 27 percent reside and Kocaeli Province, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 19 percent reside and Pakistan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afal in the Hindi language | ||
| अफल | aphala | - |
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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 Afal
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