Afabe Surname

2,034,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 85 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria801:2,214,28475,532
Iran41:19,195,631219,601
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Afabe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afabe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Afabe is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afabe? popularity and diffusion

Afabe is the 2,034,059th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. Afabe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Afabe are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Afabe is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 2,214,284. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 66 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 20 percent live and Kaduna, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Afabe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gafabe9115/
Hafabe912/
Afabet911/
Affabe911/
Afabie911/
Afabes911/
Afabei911/
Gafaube831/
Afebe8050/
Afaba8019/
Afabi8011/
Afobe805/
Efabe802/
Afaby801/
Affaba7397/
Affabi7319/
Gafobe7312/
Afanpe734/
Afaved733/
Afoube732/
Hefabe731/
Efeabe731/
Afabha731/
Affawe731/
Afobea731/
Afajbi731/
Afhaby731/
Afasue731/
Gafabi731/
Gafoube67147/
Affayba676/
Efa'abe673/
Aphabee672/
Aufauve671/
Afoebie671/
Goufabe671/
O'Faber671/
Aifobhe671/

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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 Afabe
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