Around the world, الفان (Alvan 
, Alphan 
, الفان 
) is quite a common primarily male, but very seldom female first name. The first name الفان is characteristic of Tanzania, where it is quite a rare principally boy's, but scarcely female name, Trinidad and Tobago, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Indonesia, where it is quite a rare principally male, but very seldom girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Indonesia, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, الفان is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Alvan | Peru, Tanzania, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Turkey |
| Alphan | Tanzania, Kenya, United States, Indonesia, Turkey |
| الفان | Iraq, Yemen, Egypt, Palestinian Territory |