Al-Asfar Surname

1,082,743rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Al-Asfar Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Al.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al-Asfar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Al-Asfar Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al-Asfar Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Al-Asfar is carried by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Al-Asfar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,082,743rd most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 31,962,921 people. The last name Al-Asfar occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Al-Asfar reside; 92 percent reside in West Asia and 90 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

Al-Asfar is most frequent in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 199 people, or 1 in 155,054. Other than Saudi Arabia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 4 percent reside and Qatar, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al-Afar934/
Al Asfar883,704/
Al-Gafar881/
Al-Asfoor82875/
Al-Asfour82436/
Al-Haffar82245/
Al-Gaffar8212/
Al-Esfahr8211/
Al Assfar821/
Al Asfaar821/
Al Afar8027/
Al-Assfoor781/
Al Hafar751,128/
Al Aifar752/
Al Gafar752/
Al-Ofair751/
Al Asfor751/
Al Asfoor71509/
Al Asfour71195/
Al Haffar7188/
Al-Gafoor712/
Al Gafaar711/
Al-Heifard672/
Al Afour635/
Al Gafoor594/
Al Hafour592/
Al Gahfoor561/

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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 Al-Asfar
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