Al Afish Surname

1,511,557th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 138 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Al Afish Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Afish Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon1331:42,3843,803
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773
Syria21:9,650,51117,817

Al Afish Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Afish is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Al Afish.

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

The surname Al Afish is the 1,511,557th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Afish are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Levant.

This last name is most prevalent in Lebanon, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 42,384. In Lebanon Al Afish is primarily found in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 56 percent live, Beqaa Governorate, where 35 percent live and Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Lebanon Al Afish exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 2 percent live and Syria, where 1 percent live.

Al Afish Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Al Afish last name is predominantly Greek Orthodox (80%) 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
  • 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 Afish
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