Afarah Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Afarah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 666 | 1:115,289 | 10,911 |
| Pakistan | 18 | 1:9,924,660 | 48,309 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Afarah (116) may also be a first name.
Afarah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afarah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afarah (Arabic: افره, Hindi: अफराह, Marathi: अफराह) occurs most in Iran. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afarah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 477,400th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Afarah are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Afarah is also the 868,627th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 116 people.
The surname Afarah is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 666 people, or 1 in 115,289. In Iran Afarah is most prevalent in: Hormozgan Province, where 30 percent are found, Kerman Province, where 10 percent are found and Fars Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Iran this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent are found and Sweden, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afarah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afarah in the Marathi language | ||
| अफराह | apharaha | - |
| Afarah in the Hindi language | ||
| अफराह | apharaha | 85.71 |
| आफरह | apharaha | 14.29 |
| Afarah in the Arabic language | ||
| افره | afrh | - |
| آفره | afrh | - |
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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 Afarah
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