Afrah Surname
Approximately 9,248 people bear this surname
Afrah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 5,539 | 1:2,429 | 240 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Morocco | 886 | 1:38,912 | 6,295 |
| Somaliland | 336 | 1:10,417 | 639 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Maldives | 254 | 1:1,591 | 165 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 156 | 1:2,323,455 | 144,218 |
| Iraq | 115 | 1:304,536 | 6,054 |
| Sweden | 110 | 1:89,516 | 6,554 |
| Indonesia | 106 | 1:1,247,634 | 87,669 |
| England | 83 | 1:671,302 | 38,633 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Norway | 33 | 1:155,827 | 19,235 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| Yemen | 17 | 1:1,554,429 | 12,359 |
| Kenya | 11 | 1:4,198,173 | 41,178 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Afrah (211,238) may also be a first name.
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Afrah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afrah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afrah (Arabic: أفراح, Dhivehi: އަފްރާޙ, Hindi: अफराह, Marathi: अफराह) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afrah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 54,995th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 788,013 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Afrah are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 64 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Afrah is also the 4,943rd most widely held first name internationally It is held by 211,238 people.
This surname is most widespread in Somalia, where it is carried by 5,539 people, or 1 in 2,429. Apart from Somalia this surname occurs in 51 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 10 percent are found and Morocco, where 10 percent are found.
Afrah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Afrah last name are 25.03% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 78.26% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Afrah earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 39.52% less than the national average, earning 209,323 kr per year; in United States they earn 18.17% less than the national average, earning $35,307 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.22% less than the national average, earning $37,648 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afrah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afrah in the Marathi language | ||
| अफराह | apharaha | - |
| Afrah in the Dhivehi language | ||
| އަފްރާޙ | afrah | - |
| Afrah in the Hindi language | ||
| अफराह | apharaha | 80 |
| अफरह | apharaha | 20 |
| Afrah in the Arabic language | ||
| أفراح | afrah | - |
| عفره | frh | - |
| افراح | afrah | - |
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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 Afrah
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