Achifa Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Achifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Achifa (63) may also be a first name.
Achifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Achifa occurs in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Achifa.
How Common Is The Last Name Achifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Achifa is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Achifa reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 63 people.
It is most common in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 3,058,683. In Burkina Faso it is mostly concentrated in: Sud-Ouest Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Indonesia, where 10 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Achifa
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