Afua Forename

35,961st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 21,388 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Afua Forename User-submission:

A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'girl born on a Friday'.

Afua Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana
100%
15,9011:1,697307
DR Congo
 
97%
1,6231:45,4883,054
Togo-1,0711:6,7591,050
Tanzania
100%
8941:59,0474,069
United States
100%
6211:583,79514,593
Uganda
100%
5931:69,0673,638
England
 
99%
4401:126,3704,420
Germany
100%
401:2,416,94712,954
Canada-361:920,37119,051
Nigeria
100%
271:6,576,45889,301
Belgium
100%
251:459,6027,725
India
68%
 
121:101,239,8311,357,349
Liberia
100%
101:441,20612,452
Norway
100%
81:641,54110,538
Guyana-71:109,0378,020
Kenya-71:6,615,30131,578
Scotland
100%
61:891,7289,103
South Africa
100%
61:9,088,775152,087
American Samoa-61:9,3081,982
Ivory Coast
100%
51:4,615,18769,481
Sweden
100%
41:2,464,47734,955
Mozambique-41:6,810,8393,114
Papua New Guinea
 
75%
41:2,038,078115,092
Benin-41:2,643,96145,199
Indonesia-31:85,987,8891,072,651
Trinidad and Tobago-31:453,80618,410
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Switzerland-21:4,106,74825,883
Burkina Faso
100%
21:9,189,73469,235
Netherlands
100%
21:8,451,04232,813
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Somalia-11:13,525,8677,760
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Thailand
100%
11:70,065,813391,235
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Saint Lucia-11:177,8158,104
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Italy-11:61,062,09083,289
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429
Congo
100%
11:5,009,20537,978
Cameroon
100%
11:21,610,503119,836
Brazil
100%
11:214,236,154864,335
Austria
100%
11:8,514,20119,377
Antigua and Barbuda-11:99,3953,544

Afua (7,536) may also be a surname.

Afua Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Ghanaian (Akan language) name, meaning 'girl born on a Friday'.

- dr_ama_queen

Afua Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afuad89147/
Hafua8946/
Afuat8929/
Affua8925/
Gafua8916/
Aifua897/
Asfua896/
Ayfua894/
Afuha892/
Afuaa892/
Uafua891/
Asfuad8094/
Afuast806/
Auafua804/
Gaufua803/
Hasfua802/
Afiuah801/
Afuath801/
Ashfua801/
Hafuat801/
Efua758,427/
Abua751,179/
Afwa75118/
Avua7582/
Ofua7545/
Afuo759/
Affouha7313/
Hasfuah731/
Hafuast731/
Afwah67326/
Aphua67103/
Effua6748/
Habua6740/
Afwaj6731/
Gavua6728/
Hafwa6718/
Hafuo6712/
Havua6710/
Aybua677/
Afwaz675/
Abuaa675/
Aibua674/
Abhua674/
Aubba674/
Avwua673/
Abuay673/
Aubua673/
Affwa672/
Afway671/
Awhua671/
Efuaa671/
Aufwa671/
Abuea671/
Aivua671/
Affuo671/
Hefua671/
Ofuha671/
Offua671/
Afuoe671/
Iffua671/
Afwaa671/
Eabua671/
Avuay671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Afua