Afkal Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Afkal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afkal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Afkal Last Name Facts

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

Afkal is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afkal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afkal is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Afkal live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 18,892,742. In Indonesia Afkal is primarily found in: West Sumatra, where 100 percent reside. Beside Indonesia this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 33 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awkal80306/
Afqal8053/
Efkal8041/
Avkal8013/
Avkale7376/
Hawkal7369/
Awkale738/
Abkail731/
Awkkal731/
Avkhale6745/
Aavkale6740/
Aawkale677/
Abkahal671/
Abqal6014/
Avcal6011/
Awqal602/
Ofkol602/
Abcal601/
Avkhalova5710/
Havkalova574/
Ofkole551/
Abkoul551/
Abqual551/
Gowkal551/
Avcıkol5054/
Aewkhol504/

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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
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  • 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 Afkal
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