Afanas Surname
Approximately 670 people bear this surname
Afanas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | 578 | 1:6,162 | 953 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| Ukraine | 32 | 1:1,422,584 | 115,871 |
| Armenia | 4 | 1:732,545 | 11,666 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Afanas (96) may also be a first name.
Afanas Demographics
Afanas Political Affiliation
in Russia
Russia
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Afanas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afanas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afanas (Russian: Афанас) is more commonly found in Moldova than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afanas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afanas is the 493,410th most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 10,876,934 people. The surname Afanas is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Afanas live; 97 percent live in Eastern Europe and 86 percent live in Romanian Europe. It is also the 968,397th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 96 people.
It is most widely held in Moldova, where it is held by 578 people, or 1 in 6,162. In Moldova Afanas is mostly concentrated in: Soroca District, where 89 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 5 percent live and Drochia District, where 2 percent live. Apart from Moldova Afanas occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 7 percent live and Ukraine, where 5 percent live.
Afanas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Afanas last name is primarily Orthodox (50%) in Russia.
In The United States Afanas are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 42.86% being registered to vote for the party.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afanas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afanas in the Russian language | ||
| Афанас | afanas | - |
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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 Afanas
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