Affan Surname
Approximately 9,227 people bear this surname
Affan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,703 | 1:48,927 | 5,506 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 |
| Egypt | 763 | 1:120,492 | 9,804 |
| Morocco | 750 | 1:45,968 | 7,487 |
| Iraq | 686 | 1:51,052 | 2,014 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| India | 488 | 1:1,571,855 | 58,287 |
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Pakistan | 394 | 1:453,411 | 8,119 |
| Yemen | 159 | 1:166,197 | 7,893 |
| Jordan | 141 | 1:62,712 | 5,645 |
| Malaysia | 111 | 1:265,714 | 14,862 |
| Tanzania | 101 | 1:524,174 | 34,222 |
| Syria | 90 | 1:214,456 | 4,083 |
| Lebanon | 90 | 1:62,634 | 4,716 |
| Nigeria | 80 | 1:2,214,284 | 75,532 |
| Maldives | 41 | 1:9,858 | 782 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| United States | 37 | 1:9,796,187 | 405,931 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 30 | 1:45,466 | 4,095 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Benin | 18 | 1:574,200 | 35,798 |
| Oman | 12 | 1:307,331 | 4,704 |
| Nicaragua | 11 | 1:547,372 | 3,850 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Affan (26,767) may also be a first name.
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Affan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Affan (Arabic: عفان, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻔﺎﻥ, Hindi: अफ्फान, Marathi: अफ़ान, Russian: Аффан) has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Affan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 55,098th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 789,807 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 79 percent of Affan are found; 31 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 30 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 30,395th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 26,767 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2,703 people, or 1 in 48,927. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: Aceh, where 38 percent are found, East Java, where 24 percent are found and North Sumatra, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.
Affan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Affan surname are 3.91% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Affan earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 19.22% more than the national average, earning $51,441 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.99% less than the national average, earning $46,208 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Affan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Affan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻔﺎﻥ | fan | - |
| Affan in the Marathi language | ||
| अफ़ान | afana | - |
| Affan in the Hindi language | ||
| अफ्फान | aphphana | 77.06 |
| अफफान | aphaphana | 22.27 |
| Affan in the Russian language | ||
| Аффан | affan | - |
| Affan in the Arabic language | ||
| عفان | fan | - |
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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 Affan
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