Affaan Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Affaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 6 | 1:67,362 | 2,983 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Affaan (35) may also be a first name.
Affaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Affaan (Hindi: अफ्फान) occurs most in The Maldives. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Affaan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Affaan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,057,639th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Affaan reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 53 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Affaan is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used forename in the world, held by 35 people.
The surname Affaan is most frequent in The Maldives, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 67,362. In The Maldives Affaan is most common in: Baa Atoll, where 17 percent reside, Gnaviyani Atoll, where 17 percent reside and Kaafu Atoll, where 17 percent reside. Apart from The Maldives this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 27 percent reside and Pakistan, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Affaan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Affaan in the Hindi language | ||
| अफ्फान | aphphana | - |
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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 Affaan
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