Atafi Surname
Approximately 1,032 people bear this surname
Atafi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 589 | 1:130,361 | 11,921 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Algeria | 66 | 1:585,327 | 38,725 |
| Ivory Coast | 62 | 1:372,117 | 13,068 |
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Atafi (129) may also be a first name.
Atafi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atafi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atafi occurs in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atafi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 352,942nd most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,061,576 people. The surname Atafi is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Atafi are found; 57 percent are found in South Asia and 57 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Atafi is also the 818,356th most common first name world-wide, held by 129 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 589 people, or 1 in 130,361. In Iran Atafi is primarily found in: Khuzestan Province, where 33 percent are found, Bushehr Province, where 14 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Iran this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 23 percent are found and Algeria, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Atafi
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