Afek Surname

758,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 377 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Israel

Afek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland1391:273,44433,454
Israel961:89,14210,512
United States571:6,358,929302,882
England271:2,063,63279,942
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
France11:66,422,722504,397
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Cyprus11:884,87613,055

Afek (62) may also be a first name.

Afek Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afek (Russian: Афэк) is held by more people in Poland than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afek? popularity and diffusion

It is the 758,524th most frequently used surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 19,330,361 people. Afek occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Afek are found; 37 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 37 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. Afek is also the 1,246,114th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 62 people.

This surname is most widely held in Poland, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 273,444. Aside from Poland this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 25 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.

Afek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Afek surname are 32.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 85.71% being registered with the political party.

The amount Afek earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 182.54% more than the national average, earning R 671,424 per year and in United States they earn 3.25% more than the national average, earning $44,550 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afeke891,403/
Affek89685/
Afeik8919/
Afekh8910/
Afekt898/
Afeck893/
Afeak891/
Hafek890/
Haufek8045/
Aufeke8015/
Hafiek807/
Hafeek805/
Affekt805/
Afecke803/
Hafeke802/
Afeick802/
Affeck801/
Afeekh801/
Haffek801/
Affeik801/
Afeg75760/
Afik75627/
Efek75256/
Ofek75124/
Afex754/
Afec752/
Afeikhe7322/
Haifeke7311/
Haffeke731/
Afekowa731/
Afick67450/
Afike67449/
Ofeke67211/
Afegh67199/
Hafik67118/
Aufik6721/
Affik6719/
Afeeq6717/
Haffecke6716/
Aafik6716/
Afiok6713/
Afieq6711/
Ofeck6710/
Offek679/
Gafik679/
Aphek677/
Afekhowa676/
Efeck672/
Afeex672/
Awfik672/
Hofek672/
Adfeq671/
Afaik671/
Affex671/
Asfeq671/
Afiqe671/
Afeqe671/
Haufeack671/
Afoik671/
Hefek671/
Hafex670/

Afek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afek in the Russian language
Афэкafek-

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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 Afek
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