Afanan Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Niger

Afanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India301:25,568,846339,406
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Afanan (165) may also be a first name.

Afanan Last Name Facts

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

Afanan (Hindi: अफनान, Marathi: अफनान) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afanan? popularity and diffusion

Afanan is the 3,185,033rd most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 82 percent of Afanan live; 82 percent live in South Asia and 79 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 712,876th most commonly occurring first name in the world, held by 165 people.

This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 25,568,846. In India Afanan is most prevalent in: Uttar Pradesh, where 63 percent are found, Bihar, where 27 percent are found and Rajasthan, where 3 percent are found. Beside India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.

Afanan Last Name Statistics demography

Afanan earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.83% less than the national average, earning $23,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Afanan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afanan in the Hindi language
अफनानaphanana97.1
अफ़नानafanana2.9
Afanan in the Marathi language
अफनानaphanana75
अफननaphanana12.5
आफनानaphanana6.25
अफनानानaphananana6.25

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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 Afanan
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