Afdan Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Afdan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afdan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2231:593,04647,213
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Afdan (257) may also be a first name.

Afdan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afdan (Hindi: आफदन) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Afdan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afdan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,085,744th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname Afdan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 76 percent of Afdan live; 74 percent live in Southeast Asia and 74 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 555,528th most common forename at a global level, held by 257 people.

Afdan is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 593,046. In Indonesia Afdan is mostly found in: Maluku, where 42 percent are found, Papua, where 23 percent are found and South Kalimantan, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 0 percent are found and Iran, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hafdan91144/
Afdhan911/
Hafdane83615/
Abdan8010,425/
Avdan801,606/
Afdam806/
Awdan805/
Afdon804/
Afdassin771/
Abdain73395/
Habdan73254/
Havdan73241/
Abdean73197/
Avdhan7396/
Gavdan7343/
Aabdan7324/
Awdhan7317/
Aavdan7310/
Afdhon735/
Abdaan735/
Awdain734/
Aibdan733/
Abdhan733/
Avdang732/
Hawdan732/
Awdang731/
Afdoun731/
Ozfdan731/
Avdhane6710/
Gawdhan671/
Awdhanh671/
Aabdean671/

Afdan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afdan in the Hindi language
आफदनaphadana-

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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 Afdan
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