Alafnan Surname

924,083rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 286 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Alafnan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alafnan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia2781:110,99214,774
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Alafnan Last Name Facts

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

Alafnan is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alafnan? popularity and diffusion

Alafnan is the 924,083rd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 25,480,930 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Alafnan live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 97 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name Alafnan is most widespread in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 278 people, or 1 in 110,992. Besides Saudi Arabia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Malaysia, where 1 percent live.

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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 Alafnan
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