Afrikaan Surname
3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran
Afrikaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikan | 93 | 14 | / |
| Afrikhan | 88 | 8 | / |
| Afrikang | 88 | 4 | / |
| Afrikane | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gafrikhan | 82 | 1 | / |
| African | 80 | 539 | / |
| Afrikanova | 78 | 136 | / |
| Africain | 75 | 55 | / |
| Africaine | 71 | 193 | / |
| Affricain | 71 | 10 | / |
| Afrojkhan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afrykanova | 67 | 26 | / |
| Africon | 67 | 6 | / |
| Afreedkhan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afrecan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aafreedkhan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Africom | 53 | 1 | / |
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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
- 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 Afrikaan
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis