Afifi Surname

4,833rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116,825 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Afifi Surname User-submission:

It is an Arabic surname derived from 'chastity'. Chastity among Arabs is the virtue of a person who abstains from illicit physical pleasures, the purity of the body, and is said to leave desires from everything. They are now based in several countries, including Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Afifi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt79,5641:1,155166
Saudi Arabia11,5281:2,677335
Sudan8,4001:4,465642
Morocco6,1001:5,652673
Indonesia1,9211:68,8447,424
Yemen1,7551:15,0571,699
Iran1,5921:48,2305,425
Jordan9411:9,3971,745
Algeria9061:42,6407,565
Kuwait8771:4,334585
United States5321:681,31454,178
Israel4431:19,3172,871
Malaysia3841:76,8085,485
United Arab Emirates2961:30,9543,362
Qatar1901:12,4111,349
France1891:351,44352,732
Palestine1481:30,7354,063
Thailand1471:480,53384,247
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Oman1021:36,1572,454
Iraq1001:350,2176,594
England921:605,63136,119
DR Congo891:830,10857,152
Lebanon671:84,1365,493
Canada671:549,93446,038
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Spain251:1,870,08151,392
Belgium231:499,85448,667
Greece221:503,62763,727
Cyprus201:44,2444,510
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
Tunisia141:43,6166,025
Switzerland131:631,76343,230
Poland131:2,923,750116,258
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Pakistan81:22,330,48677,733
Philippines71:14,462,603238,248
Norway61:857,04855,549
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Malta41:107,5681,849
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648

Afifi (5,020) may also be a first name.

Afifi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

It is an Arabic surname derived from 'chastity'. Chastity among Arabs is the virtue of a person who abstains from illicit physical pleasures, the purity of the body, and is said to leave desires from everything. They are now based in several countries, including Yemen, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

- mrmostafa

Afifi Last Name Facts

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

Afifi (Arabic: العفيفي, Russian: Афифи) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afifi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,833rd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 62,380 people. Afifi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Afifi reside; 81 percent reside in North Africa and 75 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 95,989th most frequent first name on earth, borne by 5,020 people.

The surname Afifi is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is carried by 79,564 people, or 1 in 1,155. Outside of Egypt Afifi occurs in 71 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent live and Sudan, where 7 percent live.

Afifi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Afifi last name is predominantly Sunni (85%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those bearing the Afifi last name are 1.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.46% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Afifi earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 39.86% less than the national average, earning 208,117 kr per year; in United States they earn 25.85% more than the national average, earning $54,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.47% more than the national average, earning $55,382 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Afify8038,000/
Afifa807,951/
Afife801,839/
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Ofifi8013/
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Hafifiey771/
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Afifeez671/
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Afifi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afifi in the Russian language
Афифиafifi-
Afifi in the Arabic language
العفيفيalfyfy-
عفيفىfyfy-
عفيفيfyfy-

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