Afadema Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Afadema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afadema Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon101:2,076,907105,188
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Afadema (28) may also be a first name.

Afadema Last Name Facts

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

Afadema is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Afadema click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afadema? popularity and diffusion

Afadema is the 4,307,654th most frequently held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Afadema live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 48 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Afadema is also the 1,994,417th most widespread forename globally, borne by 28 people.

It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 2,076,907. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 90 percent reside and West Region, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 48 percent reside and Nigeria, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afademai931/
Afadama86160/
Afademo868/
Afadamah8022/
Afoudama672/
Gofadima671/
Ofodeme5762/
Efedoma5744/
Efedhoma53270/
Efedohma531/

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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 Afadema
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