Afsham Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Sweden

Afsham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afsham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India51:153,413,076951,030
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Afsham (34) may also be a first name.

Afsham Last Name Facts

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

Afsham (Hindi: अफशाम) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afsham? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Afsham is primarily found in Asia, where 64 percent of Afsham live; 50 percent live in South Asia and 36 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Afsham is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name globally, held by 34 people.

It is most frequently used in India, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 153,413,076. In India it is mostly found in: Telangana, where 100 percent are found. Not including India this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 29 percent are found and Malaysia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hafsham9212/
Afsam914/
Afshan836,469/
Absham835/
Afshaan774,476/
Afshang77718/
Afshanh7712/
Aafshan7712/
Afshain779/
Hafshan777/
Afsahan773/
Affshan772/
Afshahn772/
Afchaim771/
Afshand771/
Afhshan771/
Afsan732,258/
Absam7333/
Afzam7321/
Awsam732/
Avsam731/
Afshankh712/
Aafshaan711/
Aafshain711/
Afsian6720/
Hafsan6715/
Afshon6711/
Afsaan6711/
Abshan679/
Awshan677/
Afsane677/
Abssam676/
Afsahn676/
Afsanh673/
Afhsan673/
Hafzam672/
Afssan672/
Aiwsam671/
Afchan671/
Afsain671/
Aubsam671/
Awssam671/

Afsham Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afsham in the Hindi language
अफशामaphasama-

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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 Afsham
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