Afri Surname
Approximately 4,018 people bear this surname
Afri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 860 | 1:153,778 | 15,058 |
| Algeria | 792 | 1:48,777 | 8,475 |
| Iran | 733 | 1:104,751 | 10,132 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| Ivory Coast | 352 | 1:65,543 | 3,758 |
| Pakistan | 256 | 1:697,828 | 10,515 |
| India | 91 | 1:8,429,290 | 174,159 |
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Malaysia | 43 | 1:685,912 | 32,468 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Italy | 8 | 1:7,644,586 | 115,463 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Áfri (1) are calculated separately.
Afri (11,542) may also be a first name.
Afri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afri (Arabic: العفري, Bengali: অফ্রি, Hindi: आफरी, Marathi: ज़ाफ़री, Russian: Афри) is most common in Indonesia. It can also appear as a variant: Áfri. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afri? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 114,999th most commonly held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,813,725 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Afri live; 36 percent live in South Asia and 34 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Afri is also the 55,634th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 11,542 people.
The surname Afri is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 860 people, or 1 in 153,778. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Riau, where 26 percent reside, West Sumatra, where 24 percent reside and Jambi, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia this last name exists in 32 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 20 percent reside and Iran, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afri in the Bengali language | ||
| অফ্রি | aphri | - |
| Afri in the Marathi language | ||
| ज़ाफ़री | zafari | - |
| Afri in the Hindi language | ||
| आफरी | aphari | 68.86 |
| अफरी | aphari | 28.14 |
| अफ़री | afari | 1.2 |
| आफ़री | afari | 1.2 |
| Afri in the Russian language | ||
| Афри | afri | - |
| Afri in the Arabic language | ||
| العفري | alfry | - |
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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 Afri
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