Affairs Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Affairs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affairs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Affairs (11) may also be a first name.

Affairs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Affairs occurs most in Iran. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Affairs.

How Common Is The Last Name Affairs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 75 percent of Affairs are found; 50 percent are found in South Asia and 50 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 11 people.

This last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 38,391,262. In Iran it is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 50 percent live and Tehran Province, where 50 percent live. Apart from Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 25 percent live and South Africa, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affair's931/
Afairs921/
Afars831/
Gafars772/
Afarse771/
Afarsh771/
Aitfars714/
Assfars714/
Gaffers713/
Hajfars711/
Adfirse711/
Gapfars711/
Hoffars710/
Haifirs710/
Ofars674/
Efirs672/
Heaffers671/
Afers671/

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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 Affairs
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