Afhar Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Afhar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afhar (28) may also be a first name.
Afhar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afhar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afhar is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afhar? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,307,654th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Afhar reside; 57 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 57 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Afhar is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 28 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia Afhar is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 92 percent live and Aceh, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 14 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
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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 Afhar
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