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
Average Afari Salary in
United States
$39,264 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Afari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afari Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afari (Hindi: अफारी, Marathi: आफरी) is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afari? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 21,986th most commonly held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 294,684 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Afari reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 182,945th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,753 people.
The last name Afari is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 21,474 people, or 1 in 1,258. Not including Ghana this last name occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 9 percent live and Morocco, where 2 percent live.
Afari Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Afari surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political 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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