Afşin Surname

95,510th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,982 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Afşin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afşin 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
Turkey4,9611:15,6871,929
Northern Cyprus201:15,9514,166
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Afsin (671) are calculated separately.

Afşin (13) may also be a first name.

Afşin Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afşin is most common in Turkey. It can also occur as a variant: Afsin. For other potential spellings of Afşin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afşin? popularity and diffusion

Afşin is the 95,510th most widely held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,462,775 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 91 percent of Afşin reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 91 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Afşin is also the 3,159,357th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,961 people, or 1 in 15,687. In Turkey Afşin is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 11 percent live, Diyarbakir Province, where 8 percent live and Malatya Province, where 7 percent live. Not including Turkey Afşin occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 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
Afsin93671/
Avşin80258/
Afçin8014/
Afşen801/
Afshin735,637/
Hafsin7320/
Aafsin734/
Hafzin731/
Hafshin675/
Aafshin671/
Afshina671/
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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 Afşin
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