Afrar Surname

676,370th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 441 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sri Lanka
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Afrar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afrar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sri Lanka3651:57,0106,293
Afghanistan211:1,531,10412,360
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Iran141:5,484,466128,255
Pakistan131:13,741,83758,392
India91:85,229,487684,495
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028

Afrar (110) may also be a first name.

Afrar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afrar (Hindi: अफरार, Marathi: अफरार, Russian: Афрар) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Afrar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afrar? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 676,370th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,525,047 people. The surname Afrar is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Afrar reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 85 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Afrar is also the 895,203rd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 110 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 365 people, or 1 in 57,010. Without taking into account Sri Lanka this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Afghanistan, where 5 percent live and Qatar, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gafrar916/
Afrair912/
Afrart911/
Afrzar911/
Afrarp911/
Afrard911/
Gaafrar831/
Gahfrar831/
Afraire831/
Afreard831/
Gaffrar831/
Afror807/
Afrour735/
Ofrair731/
Afrosr731/
Hofrajtr6232/
Ajdfreire571/
Offror554/
Heffror500/

Afrar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afrar in the Hindi language
अफरारapharara-
Afrar in the Marathi language
अफरारapharara-
Afrar in the Russian language
Афрарafrar-

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Afrar
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis