Afanah Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Afanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
| Jordan | 10 | 1:884,244 | 15,916 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Afanah (13) may also be a first name.
Afanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afanah (Arabic: افانه) occurs most in Saudi Arabia. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afanah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afanah is the 860,770th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Afanah are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 89 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held given name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname Afanah is most frequently used in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Beside Saudi Arabia this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent are found and Jordan, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afanah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afanah in the Arabic language | ||
| افانه | afanh | - |
| عفانه | fanh | - |
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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 Afanah
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