Afanassov Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Estonia
Highest density in:
Estonia

Afanassov Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afanassov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Estonia121:110,15019,471
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Afanassov Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afanassov is more commonly found in Estonia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afanassov? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afanassov is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Afanassov live; 93 percent live in Northern Europe and 86 percent live in Baltic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Estonia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 110,150. Aside from Estonia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Austria, where 7 percent reside and Finland, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afanassova959/
Afanasov945,496/
Afanasova893,023/
Afanassev891/
Afanasev8265,108/
Afonasov82219/
Afanasow8211/
Afanasof826/
Afanosov821/
Afanasiev781,098/
Afonasova78257/
Afanas'ev7834/
Afanaseev785/
Afanasoff782/
Affanasev782/
Afanosova782/
Afannasev781/
Afonasev711,686/
Ofanasev719/
Afanacev718/
Afanesev712/
Afanosev711/
Afonasiev6730/
Afonashev671/
Ofonasev594/
Afonosev594/
Afonacev591/

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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 Afanassov
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