Afash Surname
Approximately 1,402 people bear this surname
Afash Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Syria | 372 | 1:51,884 | 2,657 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Yemen | 210 | 1:125,835 | 6,826 |
| Iran | 50 | 1:1,535,650 | 60,563 |
| Jordan | 26 | 1:340,094 | 11,519 |
| Palestine | 24 | 1:189,535 | 9,079 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afash (299) may also be a first name.
Afash Demographics
Afash Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Afash Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afash Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afash (Hindi: अफश) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afash? popularity and diffusion
Afash is the 276,555th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,197,964 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Afash reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 33 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Afash is also the 509,704th most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 299 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is carried by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Other than Egypt this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 27 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 17 percent are found.
Afash Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Sunni (67%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afash Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afash in the Hindi language | ||
| अफश | aphasa | - |
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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 Afash
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