Afshah Surname
Approximately 814 people bear this surname
Afshah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 692 | 1:110,957 | 10,603 |
| Jordan | 46 | 1:192,227 | 9,325 |
| Pakistan | 35 | 1:5,104,111 | 32,876 |
| Palestine | 22 | 1:206,766 | 9,351 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
Afshah (712) may also be a first name.
Afshah Demographics
Afshah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Afshah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afshah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afshah (Hindi: अफशाह, Marathi: अफ़शह) is found in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Afshah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afshah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 424,982nd most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,952,759 people. The last name Afshah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Afshah live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 89 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Afshah is also the 309,497th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 712 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 692 people, or 1 in 110,957. In Iran it is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 20 percent are found, Golestan Province, where 12 percent are found and Fars Province, where 11 percent are found. Besides Iran this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 6 percent are found and Pakistan, where 4 percent are found.
Afshah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afshah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afshah in the Marathi language | ||
| अफ़शह | afasaha | - |
| Afshah in the Hindi language | ||
| अफशाह | aphasaha | 81.25 |
| अफ्शाह | aphsaha | 12.5 |
| अफशह | aphasaha | 6.25 |
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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 Afshah
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