Afira Surname
Approximately 439 people bear this surname
Afira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 255 | 1:518,624 | 42,226 |
| United Arab Emirates | 140 | 1:65,445 | 6,155 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afira (1,141) may also be a first name.
Afira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afira (Hindi: अफीरा, Marathi: अिरफ, Oriya: ଆଫିରା) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afira is the 678,631st most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Afira reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 61 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Afira is also the 235,667th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 1,141 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 255 people, or 1 in 518,624. In Indonesia it is most numerous in: Central Java, where 80 percent live, East Java, where 6 percent live and Bali, where 6 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 32 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afira in the Marathi language | ||
| अिरफ | airapha | - |
| Afira in the Hindi language | ||
| अफीरा | aphira | 75 |
| आफिरा | aphira | 18.27 |
| आफीरा | aphira | 3.85 |
| अफिरा | aphira | 2.88 |
| Afira in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଫିରା | aphira | 50 |
| ଅଫିରା | aphira | 50 |
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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 Afira
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