Al Afifi Surname

101,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,656 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Palestine

Al Afifi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Afifi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1,9771:13,3661,556
Palestine9891:4,5991,042
Jordan7951:11,1231,999
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Egypt2141:429,60625,756
Oman1411:26,1562,179
Kuwait1251:30,4063,898
United Arab Emirates821:111,7359,627
Israel231:372,07130,321
Lebanon231:245,0919,209
Iraq211:1,667,69816,789
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
England21:27,859,030389,889
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Al Afifi Last Name Facts

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

Al Afifi is found most frequently in Yemen. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

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

This surname is the 101,431st most frequently occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,565,195 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Al Afifi are found; 95 percent are found in West Asia and 55 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is borne by 1,977 people, or 1 in 13,366. In Yemen Al Afifi is primarily concentrated in: Taiz Governorate, where 29 percent are found, Abyan Governorate, where 27 percent are found and Aden Governorate, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Yemen it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 21 percent are found and Jordan, where 17 percent are found.

Al Afifi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Al Afifi last name is chiefly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Hafifi942/
Al Affifi941/
Al Hafeifi891/
Al-Afifi88146/
Al Afify885/
Al Afifa881/
Al Afeefi826/
Al Efaifi821/
Al-Afifa751/
Al-Hafefi71269/

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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 Afifi
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