Afiar Surname

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

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Afiar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afiar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Afiar (91) may also be a first name.

Afiar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afiar is found most frequently in Indonesia. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Afiar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afiar? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Afiar reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 998,282nd most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 91 people.

The surname Afiar is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 44,083,065. In Indonesia Afiar is primarily concentrated in: Riau, where 100 percent are found. Barring Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Taiwan, where 29 percent are found and Algeria, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afiare9116/
Asfiar9114/
Gafiar914/
Afijar913/
Azfiar911/
Hasfiar835/
Ashfiar834/
Hafijar831/
Gaffiar831/
Afjar8036/
Ofiar8016/
Afyar8015/
Afior801/
Efiar801/
Afijeare774/
Afyare73445/
Ofiare7365/
Aphiar7322/
Gofiar738/
Afhyar737/
Gafyar733/
Hafyar731/
Afayor731/
Afajor731/
Gafior731/
Offiar730/
Aphiare6754/
Gayfior6724/
Afiohor675/
Hafijor671/
Odfiare671/
Gaffior671/

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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
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  • 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 Afiar
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