Most common surnames in Afghanistan

This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Afghanistan, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

#	Surname	Bearers	Share
1	Habibullah	185.020	3.8%
2	Sayyid	184.645	3.8%
3	Mullah	172.838	3.6%
4	Ahmadi	157.889	3.3%
5	Qurban	144.530	3%
6	Muhammad	112.242	2.3%
7	Abdullah	104.559	2.2%
8	Amanullah	104.493	2.2%
9	Rahmatullah	102.549	2.1%
10	Hazrat	96.944	2%
11	Bismillah	94.116	1.9%
12	Asadullah	79.006	1.6%
13	Rahimi	78.597	1.6%
14	Nuri	78.314	1.6%
15	Nik	74.639	1.5%
16	Noorullah	67.719	1.4%
17	Hamidullah	67.616	1.4%
18	Jamaah	66.979	1.4%
19	Azizullah	66.218	1.4%
20	Daulat	66.143	1.4%
21	Nimatullah	64.796	1.3%
22	Amiri	63.726	1.3%
23	Azizi	55.587	1.1%
24	Qalandar	55.485	1.1%
25	Rahmani	54.494	1.1%
26	Najibullah	53.745	1.1%
27	Esmatullah	52.028	1.1%
28	Nazari	50.629	1%
29	Pir	50.339	1%
30	Hayatullah	50.302	1%

31	Karimi	49.987	1%
32	Aminullah	49.785	1%
33	Nasrullah	48.760	1%
34	Hafizullah	47.791	1%
35	Faizullah	46.594	1%
36	Nooruddin	44.687	0.9%
37	Khudadad	44.478	0.9%
38	Rozi	43.226	0.9%
39	Mahmud	42.861	0.9%
40	Sadat	42.660	0.9%
41	Hashimi	40.784	0.8%
42	Nowruz	40.655	0.8%
43	Ghausuddin	39.921	0.8%
44	Siddiqi	38.805	0.8%
45	Ahmad	38.251	0.8%
46	Obaidullah	37.821	0.8%
47	Jamaluddin	37.555	0.8%
48	Nizamuddin	37.258	0.8%
49	Khada	36.680	0.8%
50	Khudaidad	36.468	0.8%
51	Khairullah	36.147	0.7%
52	Rahmat	36.093	0.7%
53	Sakhidad	34.479	0.7%
54	Ibrahimi	34.165	0.7%
55	Sirajuddin	34.140	0.7%
56	Saifullah	33.263	0.7%
57	Zalmai	32.033	0.7%
58	Payenda	31.656	0.7%
59	Sharifi	30.767	0.6%
60	Habib-ur-rehman	30.501	0.6%

61	Ezzatullah	29.923	0.6%
62	Habibi	29.857	0.6%
63	Rustam	29.516	0.6%
64	Shirin	29.363	0.6%
65	Ibrahim	28.993	0.6%
66	Hamidi	28.631	0.6%
67	Mohibullah	28.543	0.6%
68	Khudai	28.490	0.6%
69	Kamaluddin	28.402	0.6%
70	Amini	27.804	0.6%
71	Yousfi	27.552	0.6%
72	Malang	27.255	0.6%
73	Ashur	27.157	0.6%
74	Safi	27.079	0.6%
75	Inayatullah	26.453	0.5%
76	Jalaluddin	25.912	0.5%
77	Sultani	25.699	0.5%
78	Ramadan	25.353	0.5%
79	Najmuddin	25.204	0.5%
80	Sharafuddin	25.103	0.5%
81	Naqibullah	25.080	0.5%
82	Saifuddin	24.809	0.5%
83	Fazl-ur-rehman	24.780	0.5%
84	Ajab	24.425	0.5%
85	Azimi	24.162	0.5%
86	Ahmadullah	23.955	0.5%
87	Birdi	23.529	0.5%
88	Torah	23.209	0.5%
89	Mohammadullah	23.094	0.5%
90	Janat	22.892	0.5%

91	Gulab	22.111	0.5%
92	Nasruddin	21.813	0.5%
93	Baraath	21.590	0.4%
94	Mahmad	21.352	0.4%
95	Muhammaduddin	21.196	0.4%
96	Khayal	20.588	0.4%
97	Qudratullah	20.532	0.4%
98	Imam-ud-din	20.493	0.4%
99	Wazeer	19.959	0.4%
100	Rahimullah	19.685	0.4%

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What are the most common surnames in Afghanistan?

According to our official census data, the most common surname in Afghanistan is Habibullah, with 185.020. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.

How many different surnames are registered in Afghanistan?

Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Afghanistan. This table shows the 100 most frequent.

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