Afsel Surname

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

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Afsel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afsel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India131:59,005,029552,550
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560

Afsel (82) may also be a first name.

Afsel Last Name Facts

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

Afsel (Hindi: अफसेल, Marathi: सेल) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afsel? popularity and diffusion

Afsel is the 5,057,639th most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name Afsel occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Afsel live; 100 percent live in South Asia and 87 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Afsel is also the 1,060,447th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 82 people.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 59,005,029. In India it is mostly found in: Kerala, where 92 percent live and Telangana, where 8 percent live. Besides India this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afssel911/
Hafsel910/
Afsl892/
Hafseld836/
Afzel80495/
Afsil8010/
Absel803/
Afjel803/
Avsel801/
Afgel801/
Absell7325/
Afzeel735/
Afzael732/
Afsltd731/
Avssel731/
Awsell731/
Hafsil731/
Hawsel731/
Afzl67237/
Afjl679/
Awsl672/
Avsl672/
Absl671/
Afcl671/
Hafjeld671/
Hawsell671/
Habsell671/
Haufscheld670/

Afsel Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afsel in the Hindi language
अफसेलaphasela-
Afsel in the Marathi language
सेलsela-

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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 Afsel
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