Asfour Surname
Approximately 31,553 people bear this surname
Asfour Surname User-submission:
Asfour is a bird, sparrow or finch. All of them are the English translation of the surname Asfour.
Asfour Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 8,481 | 1:10,840 | 1,294 |
| Syria | 5,021 | 1:3,844 | 442 |
| Jordan | 4,378 | 1:2,020 | 368 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3,578 | 1:8,624 | 1,197 |
| Palestine | 3,421 | 1:1,330 | 230 |
| Iraq | 1,865 | 1:18,778 | 1,126 |
| Lebanon | 1,065 | 1:5,293 | 928 |
| Morocco | 988 | 1:34,895 | 5,588 |
| United States | 665 | 1:545,051 | 45,128 |
| Algeria | 615 | 1:62,816 | 10,409 |
| Kuwait | 347 | 1:10,953 | 1,529 |
| Canada | 192 | 1:191,904 | 18,895 |
| Yemen | 177 | 1:149,295 | 7,453 |
| United Arab Emirates | 93 | 1:98,519 | 8,703 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Germany | 42 | 1:1,916,797 | 106,618 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Australia | 41 | 1:658,432 | 45,385 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Israel | 34 | 1:251,695 | 22,987 |
| Spain | 34 | 1:1,375,060 | 44,096 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Iran | 29 | 1:2,647,673 | 84,414 |
| Venezuela | 26 | 1:1,161,695 | 16,759 |
| Belgium | 23 | 1:499,854 | 48,667 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 15 | 1:7,358 | 1,106 |
| Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Switzerland | 12 | 1:684,410 | 46,196 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Czechia | 7 | 1:1,519,067 | 97,842 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Asfour (2,142) may also be a first name.
Asfour Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Asfour is a bird, sparrow or finch. All of them are the English translation of the surname Asfour.
- faedAsfour Demographics
Average Male Asfour Height
174.22 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Asfour Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Asfour Come From? nationality or country of origin
Asfour (Arabic: العصفور, Russian: Асфоур) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Asfour? popularity and diffusion
It is the 17,558th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 230,962 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Asfour live; 64 percent live in West Asia and 50 percent live in Levant. Asfour is also the 162,209th most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 2,142 people.
This surname is most frequent in Egypt, where it is held by 8,481 people, or 1 in 10,840. Barring Egypt this last name is found in 53 countries. It is also common in Syria, where 16 percent reside and Jordan, where 14 percent reside.
Asfour Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Shiite (31%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Asfour last name are 15.56% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 68.79% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Asfour earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 26.76% more than the national average, earning $54,695 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.77% more than the national average, earning $56,523 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Asfour Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Asfour in the Russian language | ||
| Асфоур | asfour | - |
| Asfour in the Arabic language | ||
| العصفور | alsfwr | - |
| عصفور | sfwr | - |
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Asfour Reference & Research
Alasfour FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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- 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 Asfour
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