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Where Does The Last Name Afanas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Afanas (Russian: Афанас) has its highest incidence in Moldova. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afanas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 493,410^th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 10,876,934 people. Afanas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Afanas are found; 97 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 86 percent are found in Romanian Europe. It is also the 968,397^th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 96 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Moldova, where it is borne by 578 people, or 1 in 6,162. In Moldova Afanas is most numerous in: Soroca District, where 89 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 5 percent live and Drochia District, where 2 percent live. Other than Moldova Afanas is found 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 holding the last name is principally Orthodox (50%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Afanas last name are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 42.86% registered to vote for the political party.