Alaftan Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Alaftan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Alaftan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey641:1,215,96051,402
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Alaftan Last Name Facts

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

Alaftan (Arabic: الفتان) occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alaftan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,203,767th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 98,480,350 people. Alaftan occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Alaftan live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 82 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 1,215,960. In Turkey Alaftan is primarily concentrated in: Samsun Province, where 48 percent live, Istanbul Province, where 33 percent live and Amasya Province, where 6 percent live. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 5 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Alabtan86218/
Galafton8094/
Halafton805/
Alawthan801/
Olawtan714/
Oloftan711/
O'Loftan671/
Olafthon671/
Alaevton671/
Elefton570/
O'Lofton531/
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Alaftan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alaftan in the Arabic language
الفتانalftan-

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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 Alaftan
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