Al Afar Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

Al Afar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Al Afar 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
Syria201:965,0516,626
Palestine41:1,137,21216,054
Yemen21:13,212,64740,633
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436

Al Afar Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Afar is borne by more people in Syria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Afar? popularity and diffusion

Al Afar is the 3,798,600th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Al Afar is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Afar live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 93 percent live in Levant.

This last name is most widespread in Syria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 965,051. In Syria Al Afar is most prevalent in: Homs Governorate, where 95 percent live and Aleppo Governorate, where 5 percent live. Aside from Syria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 15 percent live and Yemen, 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
Al Asfar933,704/
Al Hafar931,128/
Al Gafar932/
Al Aifar932/
Al Haffar8888/
Al Gafaar881/
Al Assfar881/
Al Asfaar881/
Al-Afar864/
Al-Asfar80228/
Al Afour805/
Al-Gafar801/
Al Asfor801/
Al Asfoor75509/
Al-Haffar75245/
Al Asfour75195/
Al-Gaffar7512/
Al Gafoor754/
Al Hafour752/
Al Gahfoor711/
Al-Ofair671/
Al-Asfoor63875/
Al-Asfour63436/
Al-Gafoor632/
Al-Heifard592/
Al-Assfoor591/
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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 Al Afar
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