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
The surname Afras (Arabic: ليفراس, Hindi: अफरस) is most common in Sri Lanka. It may also occur as: Áfras. Click here for further possible spellings of Afras.
How Common Is The Last Name Afras? popularity and diffusion
It is the 352,668th most common last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,054,740 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Afras live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Afras is also the 701,320th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 170 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Sri Lanka, where it is held by 585 people, or 1 in 35,570. Aside from Sri Lanka this surname occurs 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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