Aftin Surname

220,047th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,857 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Aftin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aftin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,5571:29,6603,268
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
Iraq791:443,3127,666
Hungary91:1,090,69749,203
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Aftin (9,075) may also be a first name.

Aftin Last Name Facts

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

Aftin (Hindi: आफतीन, Russian: Афтин) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Aftin.

How Common Is The Last Name Aftin? popularity and diffusion

It is the 220,047th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,924,365 people. Aftin occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Aftin are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 94 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Aftin is also the 65,349th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 9,075 people.

It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,557 people, or 1 in 29,660. In Kenya Aftin is primarily found in: Mandera County, where 77 percent live, Wajir County, where 22 percent live and Nairobi County, where 1 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 11 percent live and Iraq, where 4 percent live.

Aftin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Aftin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Aftin surname grew 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Aftin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Aftin surname is principally Muslim (92%) in Kenya and Greek Orthodox (100%) in Lebanon.

Aftin earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 55.39% less than the national average, earning $19,250 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aftina9175/
Afting9163/
Auftin918/
Aftion912/
Afthin912/
Gaftin912/
Aaftin911/
Haftin910/
Aftn891/
Aaftink83371/
Hafting8347/
Ausftin830/
Abtin801,374/
Eftin80204/
Avtin8083/
Aftim8042/
Oftin8037/
Aften8031/
Aftén8014/
Awtin800/
Aftinova771/
Hawtin732,286/
Avtina73136/
Oftina73115/
Haftyn7310/
Haften7310/
Avthin734/
Afteen731/
Ahften731/
Aphtin731/
Oftind731/
Awting731/
Aaften730/
Gaften730/
Haaften67109/
Hafften6788/
Haeften6747/
Hawting6742/
Höfting6732/
Oofting672/
Haftyna671/
Asfteen671/
Gaavtin671/
Ahaften671/

Aftin Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Aftin in the Hindi language
आफतीनaphatina-
Aftin in the Russian language
Афтинaftin-

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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 Aftin
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