Afzam Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Maldives

Afzam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afzam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Maldives11:404,1727,269
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afzam (32) may also be a first name.

Afzam Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afzam is found in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afzam? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,307,654th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Afzam reside; 76 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 76 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Afzam is also the 1,840,253rd most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 32 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Malaysia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 1,843,389. In Malaysia Afzam is most numerous in: Pahang, where 31 percent live, Kelantan, where 25 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 19 percent live. Beside Malaysia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 10 percent live and Afghanistan, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hafzam912/
Afzham911/
Hafdzam831/
Afzan80590/
Afsam804/
Afjam804/
Abzam801/
Hafzan7395/
Afsham7314/
Afzaan738/
Affzan734/
Afzian733/
Afzhan732/
Afzanh731/
Aafzan731/
Afzane731/
Abzaim731/
Hafsham6712/
Hafzaan671/
Hafzhan671/
Afrzanh671/
Afchaim671/

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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 Afzam
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