Afanaskin Surname

537,454th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 599 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Afanaskin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afanaskin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5851:246,36426,183
Belarus71:1,357,29483,128
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Afanaskin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afanaskin (Russian: Афанаскин) is found most in Russia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Afanaskin.

How Common Is The Last Name Afanaskin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afanaskin is the 537,454th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,166,187 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Afanaskin are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

It is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is carried by 585 people, or 1 in 246,364. In Russia it is mostly found in: Bryansk Oblast, where 59 percent live, Moscow, where 8 percent live and Moscow Oblast, where 6 percent live. Besides Russia it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Belarus, where 1 percent live and Ukraine, where 1 percent live.

Afanaskin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Afanaskin surname is principally Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Afanaskin surname are 4.95% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 51.72% registered with the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afanaskina95513/
Afanakin9410/
Afanashkina901/
Afanaskyn8949/
Afonaskin8928/
Afanakina899/
Afanaskyna8473/
Afonaskina8439/
Afonakina781/
Afangaken781/
Afonaskyn781/
Afonochkin631/

Afanaskin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afanaskin in the Russian language
Афанаскинafanaskin-

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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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  • 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 Afanaskin
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