Affleck is used as a family name or surname in Gaelic and Celtic. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Affleck
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Gaelic and Celtic
Meaning: Affleck is a corruption of the name Auchinleck, which was assumed by the proprietors of the lands and barony of Auchinleck, near Dundee, in Angusshire, Scotland. Since the name is pronounced as Affleck by the natives, so adopted spelling upon transcription.

How popular is Affleck?

Affleck is common in United States.

Affleck is ranked 100440 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Afflecks grew by 10.71429 per cent to 744 since 2000 and ranked 31184 after elevating 1118 spots. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.28 94.05
Affleck is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Cook Islands. Around 4169 people have been found who wears Affleck as their family name. Affleck is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
656,580 India9
9,097 Wales3
184,212 France3
14,054 China3
6,270 Hong Kong3
139,444 Brazil2
54,135 Philippines2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
723,167 Indonesia2
42,479 Greece1
172,258 Germany1
31,584 Peru1
9,498 Iceland1
10,958 Bangladesh1
31,207 Ireland1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
13,447 Uganda1
6,967 Macedonia1
36,678 Singapore1
40,340 Malaysia1
353 Cook Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
6,551 Qatar39
28,564 Switzerland36
75,986 Spain20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
Countries with hundreds of Affleck:
5,046 Canada876
7,849 England860
4,335 Australia694
2,589 Scotland263
3,482 New Zealand220
Countries with thousands of Affleck:
28,663 United States1,047
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Comments

J
Julio Bouska
The origin of the name is germaine the Surname comes from the agglutination of Anglo-Saxon words meaning flak at the place flat stones that name specifies a characteristic of the ancestral home.

Affleck Namesakes

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