Across the world, آفان (Avan 
, آفان) is quite a common unisex first name. The given name آفان is characteristic of Iraq, where it is quite a common dominantly female, but uncommonly male name, Indonesia, where it is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely female name, and Hong Kong, where it is a rare masculine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Iraq, India, and Indonesia. Likewise, آفان is the last name as well as the forename.