Al Afi Surname

463,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 727 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Al Afi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Afi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon6921:8,1461,282
Jordan141:631,60313,893
Yemen141:1,887,52112,953
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Syria21:9,650,51117,817
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Al Afi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Afi is found most in Lebanon. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Al Afi click here.

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

The last name Al Afi is the 463,668th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,024,135 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Afi are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 97 percent are found in Levant.

The last name Al Afi is most widely held in Lebanon, where it is held by 692 people, or 1 in 8,146. In Lebanon Al Afi is most common in: Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 92 percent are found, Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 4 percent are found and Beqaa Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Lebanon it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 2 percent are found and Yemen, where 2 percent are found.

Al Afi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Shiite (97%) in Lebanon.

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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 Afi
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