Affaf Surname

801,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 350 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Affaf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affaf Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco3071:112,30019,480
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
India51:153,413,076951,030
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Affaf (1,816) may also be a first name.

Affaf Last Name Facts

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

The surname Affaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻔﺎﻑ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Affaf? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 801,116th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 20,821,560 people. The last name Affaf is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Affaf are found; 89 percent are found in North Africa and 88 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 179,131st most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 1,816 people.

The surname Affaf is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is borne by 307 people, or 1 in 112,300. Aside from Morocco this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 3 percent reside and Yemen, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Haffaf913,382/
Gaffaf91227/
Affafe913/
Afaf893,967/
Haffafe835/
Afafe80208/
Hafaf8047/
Afaaf8028/
Gafaf8011/
Asfaf807/
Aafaf807/
Affaw804/
Ahfaf803/
Afafh802/
Affof801/
Affab801/
Effaf801/
Aifaf801/
Afoff801/
Hafhaf73832/
Affouf73235/
Gahfaf7390/
Ashfaf7316/
Adfadf7314/
Hafafe7312/
Asdfaf739/
Awfawf734/
Asfasf734/
Heffaf733/
Afeafe731/
Affowa731/
Adfafs731/
Houffaf6753/
Afab6743/
Gapfauf6715/
Efaf675/
Afof673/
Afav673/
Asdfasf672/
Afaw672/
Ahafhaf671/
Asfasdf671/
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Affaf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Affaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻋﻔﺎﻑfaf-

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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 Affaf
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