Alafaj Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Alafaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 56 | 1:13,697,596 | 234,369 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Alafaj (187) may also be a first name.
Alafaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alafaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alafaj (Bengali: আলফাজ, Hindi: अलफाज, Marathi: आलफाज, Oriya: ଆଲଫାଜ) is found most frequently in India. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alafaj.
How Common Is The Last Name Alafaj? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alafaj is the 2,530,696th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Alafaj is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Alafaj are found; 97 percent are found in South Asia and 97 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Alafaj is also the 665,130th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 187 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 13,697,596. In India Alafaj is most common in: Bihar, where 79 percent are found, Madhya Pradesh, where 11 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 7 percent are found. Aside from India this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alafaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alafaj in the Bengali language | ||
| আলফাজ | alaphaja | - |
| Alafaj in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଲଫାଜ | alaphaja | - |
| Alafaj in the Hindi language | ||
| अलफाज | alaphaja | 98.15 |
| अलफ़ाज | alafaja | 1.85 |
| Alafaj in the Marathi language | ||
| आलफाज | alaphaja | 71.43 |
| अलफाज | alaphaja | 21.43 |
| अलफज | alaphaja | 7.14 |
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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 Alafaj
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