Surname افندى (Efendi 
, افندى) , globally, is quite a common last name. The cognomen افندى is characteristic of Malaysia, where it is quite a common surname, Azerbaijan, and Brunei, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Malaysia, Azerbaijan, and Taiwan. Very seldom, افندى is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Efendi | Malaysia, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Azerbaijan |
| عفيفه قادين افندى Ottoman concubine, TR (b. 1685) |
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كامورس قادين افندى Wife of Ottoman Sultan, TR (b. 1855) |
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عمانويل قره صو افندى Ottoman lawyer and member of the Young Turks (1862-1934), GR (b. 1862) |
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| مهيتاب قادين افندى Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdulmejid I, RU (b. 1830) |
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| إلارو قادين افندى First Consort of Ottoman Sultan Murad V, TR (b. 1835) |
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نوَّارة قادين افندى Wife of Ottoman Sultan, TR (b. 1901) |
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| محمد رفعت افندى 1st President of the Directorate for Religious Affairs of Turkey, TR (b. 1860) |
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| رزان قادين افندى Consort of Ottoman Sultan Murad V, TR (b. 1860) |
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| در عدن قادين افندى Wife of Ottoman Sultan, RU (b. 1860) |
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| حسن حُسنى افندى 6th President of the Directorate for Religious Affairs of Turkey, TR (b. 1889) |
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| على رضا افندى Turkish politician, TR (b. 1892) |
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| نعمت نوزاد قادين افندى Wife of Ottoman Sultan, TR (b. 1902) |
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