Afsir Surname

1,359,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 163 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Afsir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afsir Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan1471:1,215,26514,476
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
India61:127,844,230863,365

Afsir (174) may also be a first name.

Afsir Last Name Facts

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

Afsir (Hindi: अफसीर) is held by more people in Pakistan than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afsir? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,359,010th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Afsir are found; 94 percent are found in South Asia and 90 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 692,220th most numerous forename on earth. It is borne by 174 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Pakistan, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 1,215,265. In Pakistan Afsir is primarily concentrated in: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 74 percent are found, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 7 percent are found and Sindh, where 7 percent are found. Besides Pakistan this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afshir913/
Asfsir911/
Aafsir911/
Afsair911/
Afser803,640/
Absir8099/
Afzir804/
Abshir7329,286/
Absoir73140/
Afseer7338/
Afsher7313/
Aafser737/
Habsir736/
Affser733/
Abscir732/
Afsser732/
Afcair731/
Affcir731/
Absair731/
Abssir731/
Afsear731/
Afsere731/
Afdzir731/
Aifser731/
Absuir731/
Hafser730/
Gafser730/
Avshire673/
Aufseer672/
Absheir672/
Aafseer671/
Haufser670/

Afsir Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afsir in the Hindi language
अफसीरaphasira76.92
आफसीरaphasira7.69
आफसिरaphasira7.69
अफ्सिरaphsira7.69

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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 Afsir
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