Afqar Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Afqar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afqar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan101:17,864,38868,137
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618

Afqar (39) may also be a first name.

Afqar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afqar is borne by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afqar? popularity and diffusion

Afqar is the 4,649,889th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Afqar is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Afqar live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Afqar is also the 1,637,361st most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 39 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,864,388. In Pakistan Afqar is mostly concentrated in: Punjab, where 60 percent reside, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 20 percent reside and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 10 percent reside. Other than Pakistan this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 22 percent reside and Indonesia, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gahfqar831/
Afkar802,270/
Abqar80137/
Awqar801/
Afkhar73191/
Afkaar7345/
Gafkar7312/
Hafkar731/
Ofquar731/
Afcair731/
Awqard731/
Awfkar731/
Habqar731/
Gafkhar671/

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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 Afqar
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