Afolter Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Sweden

Afolter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afolter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
Croatia31:1,409,53570,997
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Afolter Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afolter is found most frequently in Brazil. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afolter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,034,050th most widespread family name internationally, held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. Afolter is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Afolter reside; 46 percent reside in South America and 42 percent reside in Luso-South America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Brazil, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 21,407,433. In Brazil it is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Brazil this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 33 percent reside and Croatia, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affolter934,975/
Apfolter9324/
Afholter930/
Affholter88220/
Affoltere881/
Affollter880/
Affolther880/
Afalter8614/
Apfalter8044/
Affalter8039/
Opfolter8025/
Offolter8025/
Hafalter800/
Affhalter7518/
Offholter7516/
Apholte7115/
Affolti719/
Asfalte713/
Ofalter710/
Offalter673/
Opfolterová671/
Affaltir670/
Offhalter631/
Afalta6250/
Ofolta621/
Houdfoulte591/
Asfalti574/
Ofaltjr571/

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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 Afolter
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