Afalak Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Afalak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Afalak 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
Iran431:1,785,64066,464
India341:22,560,747316,052
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Afalak (235) may also be a first name.

Afalak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afalak (Hindi: अफलाक, Marathi: अफलाक) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Afalak click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afalak? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afalak is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Afalak are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 51 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Afalak is also the 584,346th most prevalent first name in the world, borne by 235 people.

The last name is most numerous in Iran, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,785,640. In Iran Afalak is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 58 percent live, Tehran Province, where 21 percent live and Gilan Province, where 16 percent live. Other than Iran this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 40 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.

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
Afalakh924/
Afalake921/
Efalak832/
Afolake77119/
Affalaq779/
Gofalak776/
Aphalak772/
Oufalak771/
Afollake711/
Efelak672/
Afoloke621/
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Afalak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afalak in the Hindi language
अफलाकaphalaka97.06
आफलाकaphalaka1.47
अफ़लाकafalaka0.74
अफलकaphalaka0.74
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Afalak in the Marathi language
अफलाकaphalaka81.82
अफलकaphalaka9.09
आफलाकaphalaka9.09

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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 Afalak
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