Afawi Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Afawi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 178 | 1:48,077 | 6,361 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Afawi (12) may also be a first name.
Afawi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afawi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afawi is more frequently found in Israel than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afawi? popularity and diffusion
Afawi is the 1,194,481st most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Afawi live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 90 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. Afawi is also the 3,306,491st most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 12 people.
The surname Afawi is most common in Israel, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 48,077. In Israel Afawi is most frequent in: Southern District, where 99 percent are found and Haifa District, where 1 percent are found. Not including Israel it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 8 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hafawi | 91 | 3 | / |
| Afawid | 91 | 3 | / |
| Afgawi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afeawi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afawui | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ayfawi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Haifawi | 83 | 249 | / |
| Ofawi | 80 | 140 | / |
| Afavi | 80 | 62 | / |
| Afawa | 80 | 54 | / |
| Afabi | 80 | 11 | / |
| Afewi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Affawa | 73 | 50 | / |
| Affabi | 73 | 19 | / |
| Aifawy | 73 | 15 | / |
| Affavi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Atfawy | 73 | 4 | / |
| Afabei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aafavi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Asfavi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Affawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afobai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afajbi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hafawa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hefawi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hayfavi | 67 | 44 | / |
| Effawei | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afoubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haifavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heifawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gafaway | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Afawi
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