Afaty Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

Afaty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afaty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Afaty Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afaty Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Afaty is found in Scotland more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afaty? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,723,624th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 88 percent of Afaty live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Scotland, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 764,831. In Scotland it is most prevalent in: Glasgow City, where 86 percent are found and South Lanarkshire, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Scotland Afaty exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afatyo91184/
Afatey911/
Afatay911/
Atfaty911/
Afaityo8313/
Afataya831/
Haffaty830/
Afati801,369/
Afate80364/
Afata80318/
Gafataya771/
Afotey734,192/
Hafati731,626/
Apfata731,035/
Gafate73958/
Afathi73309/
Afated7340/
Afatei7339/
Affata7335/
Afaati7320/
Afataj7313/
Affati7313/
Afatih735/
Afataa735/
Afatai735/
Afaate734/
Ofathy734/
Aufata733/
Afatio732/
Affate731/
Afotay731/
Aafate731/
Afatta731/
Aafati731/
Afaite731/
Afotty731/
Aifati731/
Afouty731/
Afateh731/
Aufate731/
Afajta731/
Hafate731/
Affotey67840/
Affathe67204/
Hafater6747/
Gafaiti6730/
Houfaty679/
Haffati674/
Ajfaita674/
Affathi671/
Affatta671/
Affatet671/
Afasteh671/
Gafaïti671/
Haifata671/
Hafaiti671/
Affater671/
Asfathi671/
Gafatti671/

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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 Afaty
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