Afanasjevs Surname

549,140th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Afanasjevs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afanasjevs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia5611:3,654488
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
England11:55,718,059489,080
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Afanasjevs Last Name Facts

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

Afanasjevs is borne by more people in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afanasjevs? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 549,140th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 12,521,557 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Afanasjevs live; 98 percent live in Northern Europe and 97 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is borne by 561 people, or 1 in 3,654. In Latvia it is primarily found in: Riga Planning Region, where 53 percent are found, Latgale, where 30 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Latvia this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 2 percent are found and Norway, where 1 percent are found.

Afanasjevs Last Name Statistics demography

Afanasjevs earn notably less less than the average income. In Norway they earn 24.5% less than the national average, earning 261,304 kr per year.

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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 Afanasjevs
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