Afari Surname
Approximately 24,730 people bear this surname
Afari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 21,474 | 1:1,258 | 203 |
| Iran | 2,146 | 1:35,779 | 4,231 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| United States | 219 | 1:1,655,064 | 110,387 |
| India | 120 | 1:6,392,212 | 146,413 |
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| England | 82 | 1:679,489 | 38,951 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 1:48,336 | 9,616 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Afari (1,753) may also be a first name.
Afari Demographics
Afari Political Affiliation
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Afari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afari (Hindi: अफारी, Marathi: आफरी) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afari? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,986th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 294,684 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Afari live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afari is also the 182,945th most widely held forename globally It is held by 1,753 people.
The surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 21,474 people, or 1 in 1,258. Besides Ghana it occurs in 48 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 9 percent are found and Morocco, where 2 percent are found.
Afari Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Afari are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Afari earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 9% less than the national average, earning $39,264 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.54% less than the national average, earning $33,515 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afari in the Hindi language | ||
| अफारी | aphari | 57.14 |
| आफरी | aphari | 14.29 |
| अफसरी | aphasari | 7.14 |
| अफरी़ | aphari | 7.14 |
| ाफरी | aphari | 7.14 |
| अफरी | aphari | 7.14 |
| Afari in the Marathi language | ||
| आफरी | aphari | 46.67 |
| अफारी | aphari | 20 |
| अफरी | aphari | 20 |
| तारी | tari | 6.67 |
| आफरीन | apharina | 6.67 |
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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 Afari
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