Aftab Surname

7,538th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75,328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Pakistan
Highest density in:
Pakistan

Aftab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Aftab 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
Pakistan56,1401:3,182367
Bangladesh6,1281:26,0051,752
India5,4461:140,8498,978
Saudi Arabia2,9021:10,6331,467
United Arab Emirates1,3991:6,549836
England8881:62,7467,375
United States5221:694,36654,999
Qatar2931:8,048876
Iran2571:298,76521,185
Afghanistan2561:125,5982,937
Canada1861:198,09519,415
Bahrain1621:8,3251,494
Kuwait1541:24,6803,145
Oman1101:33,5272,360
France931:714,22389,679
Norway361:142,84118,058
Malaysia331:893,76440,799
Australia331:818,05251,601
Rwanda251:454,5991,711
Sudan251:1,500,4083,610
Scotland231:232,77511,829
Thailand221:3,210,834301,565
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Denmark151:376,31425,792
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Sweden121:820,56361,223
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Wales91:343,83718,086
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Greece61:1,846,63289,049
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
China41:341,830,39216,990
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Spain31:15,584,012120,866
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Brunei21:209,3663,098
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
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Aftab (201,536) may also be a first name.

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Aftab Demographics

Aftab Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 95 (2014)

United States
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Aftab Last Name Facts

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

Aftab (Arabic: أفتاب, Hindi: आफताब, Marathi: अफताब, Oriya: ଅଫତାବ, Russian: Афтаб) has its highest incidence in Pakistan. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Aftab? popularity and diffusion

Aftab is the 7,538th most common surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 96,744 people. The surname Aftab is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Aftab live; 91 percent live in South Asia and 84 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 5,175th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 201,536 people.

This surname is most widespread in Pakistan, where it is carried by 56,140 people, or 1 in 3,182. In Pakistan it is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 50 percent live, Sindh, where 23 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 15 percent live. Besides Pakistan this surname is found in 74 countries. It is also found in Bangladesh, where 8 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

Aftab Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Aftab last name are 5.86% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 52.63% registered with the party.

The amount Aftab earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 21.66% less than the national average, earning 271,136 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 77.92% less than the national average, earning R 52,464 per year; in United States they earn 23.23% more than the national average, earning $53,171 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning $56,288 CAD per year.

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
Aaftab912,219/
Afthab91515/
Aftaab91390/
Afftab9120/
Aftaib9114/
Aftabh9110/
Afhtab918/
Afttab915/
Haftab911/
Auftab911/
Aftahb911/
Aftasb911/
Aaftaab8323/
Afthaab832/
Afftaab831/
Aafthab831/
Aaftabh831/
Aafhtab831/
Aftav80121/
Aftaf8047/
Abtab8029/
Afteb8010/
Aftaw806/
Avtab802/
Aftap802/
Eftab801/
Aphtab73113/
Aaftav7376/
Abtaib7340/
Habtab7333/
Aaftaf7323/
Aftova7319/
Afthaf735/
Aabtab734/
Haftaf731/
Aavtab731/
Aaftob731/
Afftav731/
Aftaav731/
Aaphtab6724/
Aphthab671/
Aphtaab671/
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Aftab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aftab in the Hindi language
आफताबaphataba86.92
अफताबaphataba10.93
अफ़्ताबaftaba0.29
आफ़्ताबaftaba0.04
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Aftab in the Marathi language
अफताबaphataba60.56
आफताबaphataba27.78
आफ़ताबafataba3.65
ताबtaba3.42
तबtaba0.29
टबtaba0.06
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Aftab in the Oriya language
ଅଫତାବaphataba39.25
ଆଫତାବaphataba38.32
ଅଫତାବ୍aphatab4.67
ଆଫତାବ୍aphatab3.74
ଅଫ୍ତାବaphtaba2.8
ଆଫ୍ତାବ୍aphtab2.8
ଅତାଜ୍ataj0.93
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Aftab in the Russian language
Афтабaftab-
Aftab in the Arabic language
أفتابaftab-
افتابaftab-

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Aftab
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