Affect Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Affect Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affect Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland51:748,64318,576

Affect Last Name Facts

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

Affect is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Affect? popularity and diffusion

The last name Affect is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Affect occurs mostly in The Americas, where 43 percent of Affect are found; 43 percent are found in North America and 43 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: District of Columbia, where 50 percent are found and Georgia, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.

Affect Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Affect has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people bearing the Affect last name declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affekt835/
Affeck831/
Afec802/
Affek73685/
Afekt738/
Afeck733/
Affic731/
Affex731/
Haffecke7116/
Affick67292/
Afecke673/
Afeick672/
Affieq671/
Hafedc671/
Offeck671/
Haffek671/
Hafeec671/
Affeik671/
Gaffic671/
Hoffec671/
Eifect670/

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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 Affect
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