Afir Surname
Approximately 2,692 people bear this surname
Afir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,729 | 1:22,343 | 4,075 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Yemen | 354 | 1:74,648 | 5,117 |
| Pakistan | 30 | 1:5,954,796 | 35,971 |
| India | 24 | 1:31,961,058 | 386,265 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Jordan | 14 | 1:631,603 | 13,893 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Afir (476) may also be a first name.
Afir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afir (Hindi: आफिर, Russian: Афир) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Afir.
How Common Is The Last Name Afir? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afir is the 161,702nd most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,707,112 people. Afir occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Afir are found; 81 percent are found in North Africa and 81 percent are found in Mahgreb. Afir is also the 389,954th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 476 people.
The last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 1,729 people, or 1 in 22,343. In Algeria Afir is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 34 percent are found, Boumerdès Province, where 31 percent are found and Béjaïa Province, where 11 percent are found. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 16 percent are found and Yemen, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afir in the Hindi language | ||
| आफिर | aphira | - |
| Afir in the Russian language | ||
| Афир | afir | - |
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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 Afir
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