Al Asfoor Surname

608,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 509 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bahrain
Highest density in:
Bahrain

Al Asfoor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Al Asfoor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bahrain4851:2,781454
Oman111:335,2704,992
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Al Asfoor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Al Asfoor is held by more people in Bahrain than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

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

It is the 608,234th most commonly held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 14,317,379 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Al Asfoor reside; 99 percent reside in West Asia and 99 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname is most widely held in Bahrain, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 2,781. Outside of Bahrain this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Oman, where 2 percent live and Kuwait, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Asfor941/
Al-Asfoor89875/
Al Asfour89195/
Al Gafoor894/
Al-Assfoor841/
Al Gahfoor841/
Al Asfar823,704/
Al Afour825/
Al-Asfour78436/
Al Hafour782/
Al-Gafoor782/
Al Asfaar781/
Al Assfar781/
Al Afar7527/
Al Hafar711,128/
Al-Asfar71228/
Al Aifar712/
Al Gafar712/
Al Haffar6788/
Al Gafaar671/
Al-Afar634/
Al-Gafar591/
Al-Haffar56245/
Al-Gaffar5612/
Al-Esfahr5611/

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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 Asfoor
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