Afara Surname
Approximately 2,711 people bear this surname
Afara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 1,047 | 1:5,384 | 947 |
| Syria | 582 | 1:33,163 | 2,088 |
| Yemen | 250 | 1:105,701 | 6,301 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Nigeria | 160 | 1:1,107,142 | 45,738 |
| Paraguay | 77 | 1:93,984 | 2,236 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Canada | 56 | 1:657,957 | 53,499 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Sweden | 19 | 1:518,250 | 37,550 |
| Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Afara (457) may also be a first name.
Afara Demographics
Afara Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Afara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afara (Arabic: عفاري, Hindi: अफरा, Marathi: अफ़रा) is found in Lebanon more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afara? popularity and diffusion
It is the 160,765th most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,688,139 people. The last name Afara is mostly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Afara reside; 74 percent reside in West Asia and 62 percent reside in Levant. Afara is also the 399,588th most common forename in the world, held by 457 people.
The last name Afara is most commonly used in Lebanon, where it is held by 1,047 people, or 1 in 5,384. In Lebanon Afara is most numerous in: South Governorate, where 55 percent are found, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 18 percent are found and Beqaa Governorate, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Lebanon Afara occurs in 43 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 21 percent are found and Yemen, where 9 percent are found.
Afara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Afara last name is primarily Sunni (64%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Afara last name are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Afara earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 10.93% more than the national average, earning $47,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.29% more than the national average, earning $52,808 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afara in the Hindi language | ||
| अफरा | aphara | - |
| Afara in the Marathi language | ||
| अफ़रा | afara | - |
| Afara in the Arabic language | ||
| عفاري | fary | - |
| الفارا | alfara | - |
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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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- 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 Afara
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