Afrej Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Morocco

Afrej Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afrej Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Afrej (99) may also be a first name.

Afrej Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afrej (Hindi: अफरेज, Marathi: अफरेज) occurs most in India. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afrej? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 73 percent of Afrej live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 67 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Afrej is also the 951,070th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 99 people.

This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India Afrej is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 40 percent are found, Bihar, where 30 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 30 percent are found. Outside of India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 27 percent are found and Iran, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afreej91110/
Afredj9166/
Gafrej914/
Afreaj911/
Aafrej911/
Afrij80205/
Afrie8035/
Afrez8017/
Afres8013/
Afrye801/
Afrija7372/
Afried7332/
Afries7323/
Affrye7321/
Afreez7311/
Afryie739/
Affres736/
Afrees733/
Aafrez732/
Afriee732/
Affrie732/
Afresh731/
Afriei731/
Gafrie731/
Afrojz731/
Aphrej731/
Afrjoj731/
Aafrij731/
Hafres730/
Afriedz6718/
Afriheh6712/
Affryer679/
Gaffrée678/
Hafrija674/
Afriher671/
Afriche671/
Hafreez671/
Gaffreé671/
Affried671/
Oufredj671/
Afriuie671/
Hafrier670/

Afrej Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afrej in the Marathi language
अफरेजaphareja66.67
अफ़रेजafareja33.33
Afrej in the Hindi language
अफरेजaphareja64.29
अफराेजapharaeja28.57
आफरेजaphareja7.14

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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 Afrej
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