Asafir Surname
Approximately 713 people bear this surname
Asafir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 458 | 1:200,733 | 14,525 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Jordan | 76 | 1:116,348 | 7,555 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
Asafir (697) may also be a first name.
Asafir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asafir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Asafir is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Asafir.
How Common Is The Last Name Asafir? popularity and diffusion
It is the 470,770th most frequently used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 10,220,962 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Asafir live; 88 percent live in North Africa and 64 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Asafir is also the 313,067th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 697 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 458 people, or 1 in 200,733. Besides Egypt this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 24 percent live and Jordan, where 11 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
- 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 Asafir
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