Afshak Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Afshak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Afshak Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel371:231,28721,601
Iran191:4,041,185108,332
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afshak (12) may also be a first name.

Afshak Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afshak (Hindi: अफशाक) is most common in Israel. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afshak? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,506,728th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Afshak reside; 63 percent reside in West Asia and 63 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 12 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 231,287. In Israel it is mostly found in: Southern District, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Israel this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 32 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afsak918/
Afshaq834/
Avshak831/
Afshag831/
Afshouk771/
Afshagh771/
Abshaik771/
Avsak7330/
Awsak738/
Ofsak735/
Afsaq732/
Afsag731/
Afsok731/
Offshack7123/
Ovshak6761/
Ofsiak677/
Aavsak672/
Awshaq671/
Afsaqh671/
Afsaux671/
Aibsak671/
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Afshak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afshak in the Hindi language
अफशाकaphasaka66.67
अफशकaphasaka33.33

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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 Afshak
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