Afras Surname
Approximately 1,033 people bear this surname
Afras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 585 | 1:35,570 | 4,375 |
| Iran | 343 | 1:223,856 | 17,507 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
The alternate forms: Áfras (1) are calculated separately.
Afras (170) may also be a first name.
Afras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afras Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afras (Arabic: ليفراس, Hindi: अफरस) occurs most in Sri Lanka. It can also appear as a variant: Áfras. Click here for other possible spellings of Afras.
How Common Is The Last Name Afras? popularity and diffusion
It is the 352,668th most frequently held last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,054,740 people. The surname Afras occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Afras reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 57 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Afras is also the 701,320th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 170 people.
Afras is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is borne by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Excluding Sri Lanka it exists in 21 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 33 percent are found and Belgium, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afras Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afras in the Hindi language | ||
| अफरस | apharasa | - |
| Afras in the Arabic language | ||
| ليفراس | lyfras | - |
| افراس | afras | - |
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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 Afras
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