Al Asfar Surname
Approximately 3,704 people bear this surname
Al Asfar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 2,154 | 1:8,961 | 843 |
| Jordan | 619 | 1:14,285 | 2,373 |
| Kuwait | 444 | 1:8,560 | 1,174 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Lebanon | 193 | 1:29,208 | 3,058 |
| Palestine | 52 | 1:87,478 | 6,579 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Al Asfar Demographics
Al Asfar Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Al Asfar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Asfar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Al Asfar is more commonly found in Syria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Asfar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Al Asfar is the 123,275th most widely held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,967,480 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Asfar reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 81 percent reside in Levant.
This last name is most prevalent in Syria, where it is held by 2,154 people, or 1 in 8,961. In Syria it is mostly concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 85 percent live, Hama Governorate, where 10 percent live and Homs Governorate, where 4 percent live. Besides Syria it is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 17 percent live and Kuwait, where 12 percent live.
Al Asfar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Maronite (73%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Assfar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Al Asfaar | 94 | 1 | / |
| Al Afar | 93 | 27 | / |
| Al Hafar | 88 | 1,128 | / |
| Al-Asfar | 88 | 228 | / |
| Al Gafar | 88 | 2 | / |
| Al Aifar | 88 | 2 | / |
| Al Asfor | 88 | 1 | / |
| Al Asfoor | 82 | 509 | / |
| Al Asfour | 82 | 195 | / |
| Al Haffar | 82 | 88 | / |
| Al Gafaar | 82 | 1 | / |
| Al-Afar | 80 | 4 | / |
| Al Afour | 75 | 5 | / |
| Al-Gafar | 75 | 1 | / |
| Al-Asfoor | 71 | 875 | / |
| Al-Asfour | 71 | 436 | / |
| Al-Haffar | 71 | 245 | / |
| Al-Gaffar | 71 | 12 | / |
| Al-Esfahr | 71 | 11 | / |
| Al Gafoor | 71 | 4 | / |
| Al Hafour | 71 | 2 | / |
| Al-Assfoor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al Gahfoor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Al-Ofair | 63 | 1 | / |
| Al-Gafoor | 59 | 2 | / |
| Al-Heifard | 56 | 2 | / |
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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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