Af

org · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Af is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • AUAustralia≈1 in 1.2M(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.3M
  • USUnited States≈1 in 2.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈250 people, est.

Sources
85 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 326K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Korean

源 出 不 详 。 湖 南 有 此 姓 , 见 《湖南 家 谱 解读 》 (1427) 。 托 tuo { 332 ) Tuo, Two, To. [ HRY) Da AN FERE, LC PARENT) (63). OHA 国 姓 , 以 官 名 为 氏 。 南 证 有 旗 主 马 、 禄 旗 主 牛 \ 巨 旗 主 仓 床 , 见 《新 唐 书 . 南蛮 传 》(50 ) 。

Sources 1

  • Chinese Surnames Dictionary (Section 1)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Af counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Af is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈250 est.≈1 in 326K—Af43
US United States≈150 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Af85
GH Ghana≈71 est.≈1 in 415K—Af6
GB United Kingdom≈52 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Af39
NL Netherlands≈51 est.≈1 in 340K14Af9
CA Canada≈32 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Af19
BR Brazil301 in 7.1M30—1
AU Australia≈21 est.≈1 in 1.2M—Af24

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Af is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swedish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Åf, Äf

  • a separate name6 spellings in the group

    Also written Ãf, Ąf

  • Portuguese surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, Colombia, Peru

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written A'F, A-F, Ä'F, Ãf, Ã'F

  • Indonesian surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Af', A'F, Åf, Äf, Ãḟ

  • Arabic surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Morocco, Syria, Algeria, Egypt

    Also written Äf, Ãf, A-F, A'F, Àf

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written A-F, Á-F, Àf

  • French surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada

    Also written A-F, Ãf, Àf, Âf, Äf

  • Danish name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark

    Also written Āf

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Äf

62 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 2 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Af
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—30#148,949

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Af have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 246 people named Af in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled af.
How common is the name Af?
In Brazil, the national register counted 30 people named Af, about 1 in 7.1 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Af”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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