Afans Surname

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

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates

Afans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Afans Last Name Facts

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

Afans is more commonly found in The United Arab Emirates than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afans? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Afans occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Afans are found; 79 percent are found in West Asia and 79 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most prevalent in The United Arab Emirates, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 832,934. Barring The United Arab Emirates it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affans911/
Asfans911/
Efans8019/
Afons8013/
Afams802/
Afonse7341/
Affons732/
Hofans731/
Afonsp731/
Afeins731/
Aphans731/
Afanje731/
Hofhans6799/
Hoffans672/
Hayfons671/
Afonshe671/
Affonse671/

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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 Afans
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