Afatar Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Afatar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 209 | 1:847,573 | 37,299 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Afatar (429) may also be a first name.
Afatar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afatar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afatar (Bengali: আফতার, Hindi: अफतार, Marathi: आफतार, Oriya: ଆଫତାର) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afatar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afatar is the 910,497th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 24,957,349 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Afatar reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afatar is also the 414,511th most widespread given name at a global level, held by 429 people.
The surname Afatar is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 209 people, or 1 in 847,573. In Nigeria Afatar is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 93 percent live, Nasarawa, where 4 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afatar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afatar in the Bengali language | ||
| আফতার | aphatara | - |
| Afatar in the Hindi language | ||
| अफतार | aphatara | 65 |
| अफतर | aphatara | 27.14 |
| आफतार | aphatara | 6.43 |
| ़अफतार | aphatara | 0.71 |
| अफ़़तर | afatara | 0.71 |
| Afatar in the Marathi language | ||
| आफतार | aphatara | 50 |
| आफतर | aphatara | 50 |
| Afatar in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଫତାର | aphatara | 45.45 |
| ଅଫତାର | aphatara | 36.36 |
| ଅଫତର | aphatara | 9.09 |
| ଅଫତାର୍ | aphatar | 9.09 |
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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 Afatar
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