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 surname Atafi is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atafi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 352,942nd most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 7,061,576 people. The surname Atafi is primarily found in Asia, where 57 percent of Atafi live; 57 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Atafi is also the 818,356th most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 129 people.
The surname Atafi is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 589 people, or 1 in 130,361. In Iran Atafi is most prevalent in: Khuzestan Province, where 33 percent live, Bushehr Province, where 14 percent live and Tehran Province, where 13 percent live. Not including Iran it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 23 percent live and Algeria, where 6 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
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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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