Pourafshar Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Pourafshar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pourafshar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3241:236,98318,221
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Pourafshar Last Name Facts

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

Pourafshar is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pourafshar? popularity and diffusion

Pourafshar is the 841,044th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Pourafshar reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.

The last name is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 324 people, or 1 in 236,983. In Iran it is most numerous in: Khuzestan Province, where 19 percent live, Tehran Province, where 16 percent live and West Azerbaijan Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Iran it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Canada, where 0 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 Pourafshar
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