Afgan Surname
Approximately 2,866 people bear this surname
Afgan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2,033 | 1:87,872 | 2,930 |
| India | 420 | 1:1,826,346 | 64,592 |
| Israel | 85 | 1:100,678 | 11,575 |
| Indonesia | 77 | 1:1,717,522 | 111,746 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Croatia | 19 | 1:222,558 | 25,345 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Belarus | 8 | 1:1,187,632 | 77,603 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Afgan (1,377) may also be a first name.
Afgan Demographics
Average Afgan Salary in
United States
$38,614 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Afgan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afgan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afgan (Hindi: अफगन, Marathi: अफगान, Russian: Афган) is found most frequently in Pakistan. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afgan.
How Common Is The Last Name Afgan? popularity and diffusion
Afgan is the 153,389th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 2,542,759 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Afgan live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 211,031st most widely held forename on earth It is held by 1,377 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is borne by 2,033 people, or 1 in 87,872. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 69 percent live, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 16 percent live and Sindh, where 10 percent live. Other than Pakistan this last name occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in India, where 15 percent live and Israel, where 3 percent live.
Afgan Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Afgan earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 18.15% more than the national average, earning 408,880 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 96.21% less than the national average, earning R 9,000 per year and in United States they earn 10.51% less than the national average, earning $38,614 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afgan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afgan in the Marathi language | ||
| अफगान | aphagana | 75 |
| अफगाण | aphagana | 18.75 |
| अफगन | aphagana | 5 |
| Afgan in the Hindi language | ||
| अफगन | aphagana | 65.06 |
| अफगान | aphagana | 32.53 |
| Afgan in the Russian language | ||
| Афган | afgan | - |
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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 Afgan
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