Afshad Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Afshad Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Afshad (137) may also be a first name.
Afshad Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afshad Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afshad (Hindi: अफशाद) is more commonly found in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afshad? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afshad is the 3,882,373rd most common family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Afshad live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 69 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Afshad is also the 790,880th most commonly used given name on earth, held by 137 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Pakistan, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,240,353. In Pakistan Afshad is most frequent in: Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 45 percent live, Punjab, where 27 percent live and Sindh, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan Afshad exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent live and Iran, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afshad Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afshad in the Hindi language | ||
| अफशाद | aphasada | 83.33 |
| अफशद | aphasada | 16.67 |
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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 Afshad
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