Afifah Surname

20,572nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,573 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Jordan

Afifah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afifah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia23,4831:5,632721
Jordan1,6411:5,3881,094
Iran7161:107,23810,330
Malaysia3201:92,1696,400
Syria2811:68,6873,073
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Palestine171:267,57910,328
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Singapore131:423,66918,211
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Yemen51:5,285,05921,214
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
England31:18,572,686338,250
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Afifah (32,466) may also be a first name.

Afifah Last Name Facts

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

Afifah (Oriya: ଅଫିଫାଃ) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Afifah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afifah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 20,572nd most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 274,246 people. The last name Afifah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Afifah are found; 90 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 90 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Afifah is also the 26,212th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 32,466 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 23,483 people, or 1 in 5,632. In Indonesia Afifah is mostly concentrated in: East Java, where 40 percent are found, Central Java, where 27 percent are found and West Java, where 16 percent are found. Besides Indonesia Afifah occurs in 26 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 6 percent are found and Iran, where 3 percent are found.

Afifah Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hafifah922,084/
Affifah92143/
Afifahh9241/
Afiffah9218/
Afiefah9215/
A'Fifah921/
Aafifah921/
Afifa917,951/
Hafiffah8613/
Hafiefah861/
Haffifah861/
Affiefah861/
Hapfifah861/
Avifah83223/
Hafifa83221/
Affifa83205/
Afivah8355/
Afiffa8343/
Efifah8341/
Afufah8334/
Afaifa8323/
Asfifa8310/
Ofifah833/
Aafifa832/
Afifat831/
Hofifah77568/
Havifah7734/
Hafaifa776/
Affifoh772/
Afieffa771/
Hafidfa771/
Efaifah771/
Afefa7376/
Afufa7333/
Efifa7327/
Avivah67487/
Afeefa67211/
Efaifa6737/
Afaifo6724/
Hofifa679/
Afeafa674/
Affefa673/
Ofiofa672/
Affifo672/
Ofhifa672/
Hafyfa671/
Hafufa671/
Afifou671/
Afifey671/
Asfefa671/

Afifah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afifah in the Oriya language
ଅଫିଫାଃaphiphah-

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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
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  • 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 Afifah
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