Aphra Forename
Approximately 346 people bear this name
Aphra Forename Definition:
A female name. this was a not uncommon name in the 17th C, the best-known example of it being the woman dramatist Aphra Behn (1640-89), whose name is variously spelt Afra, Aphra, Ayfara. An earlier example is Aphra Hawkins, who died in 1605 aged 25.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 160 | 1:7,592,987 | 251,481 |
| England | 100% | 42 | 1:1,323,879 | 19,785 |
| United States | - | 33 | 1:10,985,969 | 107,679 |
| Uganda | 100% | 32 | 1:1,279,904 | 20,143 |
| Canada | - | 19 | 1:1,743,862 | 27,512 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 18 | 1:939,005 | 16,684 |
| Brazil | - | 5 | 1:42,847,231 | 319,361 |
| Philippines | 100% | 5 | 1:21,201,895 | 240,180 |
| Australia | - | 4 | 1:3,414,406 | 25,298 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4 | 1:13,633,162 | 197,070 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2 | 1:35,032,906 | 298,615 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mexico | - | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Wales | 100% | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
Aphra Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. this was a not uncommon name in the 17th C, the best-known example of it being the woman dramatist Aphra Behn (1640-89), whose name is variously spelt Afra, Aphra, Ayfara. An earlier example is Aphra Hawkins, who died in 1605 aged 25. The name originated in a misunderstanding of a verse of the Book of Micah: ‘In the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust’, where Aphrah is in fact a word meaning dust.
A Greek name, meaning: Sea foam.
Aphra Forename Popularity
Aphra Demographics
Average Aphra Salary in
United States
$40,955 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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