Atafar Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Iran

Atafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atafar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Iran21:38,391,262236,033

Atafar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Atafar (Marathi: आतफर, Oriya: ଅତଫର) is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Atafar.

How Common Is The Last Name Atafar? popularity and diffusion

The surname Atafar is the 7,593,402nd most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 67 percent of Atafar live; 67 percent live in South Asia and 33 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 40,252,730. In Germany Atafar is most prevalent in: Baden-Württemberg, where 50 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent live. Besides Germany it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live and Iran, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Attafar92214/
Atafard9267/
Astafar924/
Atafare924/
Ataifar921/
Hatafar921/
Astasfar862/
Ataifard861/
Attafare861/
Atafor8318/
Atefar835/
Hatefar7737/
Aitafor776/
Hajtashfar751/
Atoutfar7116/
Ostadfar718/
Otafaire711/
Atefor67218/
Etafor6714/
Otafor678/
Atehfor6218/
Eitafor623/
Attefor621/
Otaefor621/
Autofort572/
Atteifor571/
Etefor501/
Aitouhfour501/

Atafar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Atafar in the Oriya language
ଅତଫରataphara-
Atafar in the Marathi language
आतफरataphara80
अताफरataphara20

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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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  • 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 Atafar
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