Afgana Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Afgana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
Afgana (207) may also be a first name.
Afgana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afgana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afgana (Hindi: अफगाना) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afgana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Afgana reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 629,010th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 207 people.
This last name is most numerous in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Afgana is mostly concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 38 percent are found, Bihar, where 38 percent are found and Arunachal Pradesh, where 13 percent are found. Beside India this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Pakistan, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afgana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afgana in the Hindi language | ||
| अफगाना | aphagana | 83.33 |
| अफगााना | aphagaana | 16.67 |
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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 Afgana
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