Afraha Surname

567,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 557 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Afraha Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afraha Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5491:96,4339,586
Maldives41:101,0433,565
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
England11:55,718,059489,080
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afraha (457) may also be a first name.

Afraha Last Name Facts

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

Afraha is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afraha? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 567,444th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,083,565 people. Afraha is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afraha live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 399,588th most commonly occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 457 people.

The surname is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 96,433. In Tanzania Afraha is most frequent in: Mtwara Region, where 98 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Maldives, where 1 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afrah919,248/
Afraa918/
Afrha912/
Afrahass861/
Hafrahat861/
Afrash83750/
Aifrah83519/
Afraaz8335/
Afraah8323/
Afrach8322/
Asfrah839/
Hafrah837/
Afraad836/
Afradh836/
Afraas835/
Afraaj831/
Afraat831/
Afrhah831/
Afrrah831/
Afra809,824/
Afrasht773,536/
Afraadh772/
Afraahu771/
Afraz737,891/
Afrad737,145/
Afraj731,091/
Afras731,033/
Affra73137/
Afroh73115/
Hafra7353/
Efrah7344/
Afrat7335/
Gafra7333/
Afray7310/
Ofrah736/
Afrai736/
Afrea732/
Aafra732/
Aifra731/
Efraa731/
Azfra731/
Afrra731/
Aufreaht710/
Aufray67480/
Hafrad67260/
Afrass67256/
Afrouh67165/
Afraiz67125/
Gafray6745/
Gaffra6733/
Afraid6729/
Affroh6727/
Afread6720/
Aufrai6712/
Affray6711/
Aafrad678/
Aafraj674/
Gafroh674/
Ahfrai673/
Afrohj673/
Hafrat673/
Afrait673/
Afrosh673/
Offrah672/
Afroch672/
Eafrat671/
Hajfra671/
Hafraj671/
Hafras671/
Afreea671/
Afrraz671/
Ahfras671/
Ashfra671/
Azfray671/
Affraj671/
Affraz671/
Afreat671/
Asfraz671/
Afrodh671/
Asfraj671/
Hefrah671/
Haffra671/
Ahfrad671/
Oofrah671/
Afrais671/
Afraux671/
Aifrad671/
Aufrau671/

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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 Afraha
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