Afonina Surname

24,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Afonina Surname User-submission:

Comes from a shortened form of the name, Afanasey, which in Greek means 'immortal'.

Afonina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia21,0751:6,839871
Kazakhstan3331:53,1016,751
Belarus2121:44,8167,657
Uzbekistan1251:247,4337,897
Kyrgyzstan931:64,2228,752
Latvia831:24,6993,755
Moldova551:64,7528,848
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Azerbaijan141:689,22311,826
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Transnistria111:43,1546,501
Lithuania101:303,45916,246
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
England71:7,959,723202,100
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Armenia51:586,03610,281
Tajikistan41:2,096,6737,416
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
France21:33,211,361423,184
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Afoņina (1) are calculated separately.

Afonina Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Comes from a shortened form of the name, Afanasey, which in Greek means 'immortal'.

- usercat

Afonina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afonina (Russian: Афонина) has its highest incidence in Russia. It may also be found as: Afoņina. Click here for further possible spellings of Afonina.

How Common Is The Last Name Afonina? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 24,441st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 329,381 people. The surname Afonina occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Afonina are found; 79 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 78 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

Afonina is most numerous in Russia, where it is held by 21,075 people, or 1 in 6,839. In Russia it is most frequent in: Moscow Oblast, where 8 percent live, Moscow, where 8 percent live and Kaluga Oblast, where 8 percent live. Besides Russia Afonina occurs in 37 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent live and Belarus, where 1 percent live.

Afonina Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia, Orthodox (86%) in Belarus, Orthodox (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (92%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Afonina surname are 20.29% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 67.06% being registered to vote for the party.

Afonina earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.54% less than the national average, earning $33,423 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afoņina951/
Afoninas932/
Afonnina931/
Afonin9219,996/
Afoninova881/
Afonyna862,552/
Afenina8660/
Afonien8611/
Afanina866/
Afonino862/
Afonnin862/
Afoning861/
Afoninn861/
Gafonin861/
Ofonina861/
Aphonina805/
Afonyn771,998/
Afanin77100/
Ofonin777/
Afonen776/
Efanina7142/
Efenina7113/
Aphonin714/
Gafanin711/
Gofonin711/
Afonyon711/
Afanyna711/
Afenino711/
Gofounin675/
Afangnin672/

Afonina Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afonina in the Russian language
Афонинаafonina-

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