Afizar Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Afizar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afizar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Afizar (61) may also be a first name.

Afizar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afizar is found most in Malaysia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Afizar.

How Common Is The Last Name Afizar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afizar is the 8,968,613th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Afizar reside; 75 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 61 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Malaysia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 9,831,408. In Malaysia Afizar is mostly found in: Kedah, where 33 percent live, Malacca, where 33 percent live and Selangor, where 33 percent live. Excluding Malaysia this last name is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hafizar9223/
Haffizar861/
Afisar8313/
Afizor836/
Afijar833/
Hafizzair8013/
Hafizshar801/
Hafezar774/
Effizar773/
Aufisar771/
Hafijar771/
Afijeare714/
Hafezair711/
Affichard6767/
Afuzor674/
Ofisar673/
Afesar671/
Afysar671/
Oficiar62577/
Ofeciar62129/
Officar622/
Aphisar621/
Hafejar621/
Offisar621/
Afeesar621/
Hafijor621/
Officiar5761/
Offeciar571/
Aphichart537/
Haphijhar531/
Ofuzor50442/
Efezor502/
Efuzor501/

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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 Afizar
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