Afyar Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Afyar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afyar 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
Indonesia121:11,020,766390,383
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224

Afyar (488) may also be a first name.

Afyar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afyar (Hindi: अफयर) occurs most in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afyar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afyar is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Afyar live; 80 percent live in Southeast Asia and 80 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Afyar is also the 384,758th most frequently used first name globally, held by 488 people.

The surname is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 11,020,766. In Indonesia it is most common in: West Sumatra, where 100 percent live. Besides Indonesia Afyar exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 7 percent live and India, where 7 percent live.

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
Afyare91445/
Afhyar917/
Gafyar913/
Hafyar911/
Afjar8036/
Afiar807/
Afiare7316/
Asfiar7314/
Gafiar734/
Afijar733/
Afajor731/
Afayor731/
Azfiar731/
Hasfiar675/
Ashfiar674/
Gaffiar671/
Hafijar671/
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Afyar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afyar in the Hindi language
अफयरaphayara-

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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 Afyar
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