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
Afir (Hindi: आफिर, Russian: Афир) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afir? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 161,702nd most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 2,707,112 people. It occurs mostly 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 numerous first name world-wide, held by 476 people.
The surname Afir is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,729 people, or 1 in 22,343. In Algeria it is most common in: Algiers Province, where 34 percent live, Boumerdès Province, where 31 percent live and Béjaïa Province, where 11 percent live. Beside Algeria it exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 16 percent live and Yemen, where 13 percent live.
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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