Afafa Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Afafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin331:313,20025,349
Indonesia311:4,266,103213,470
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
France11:66,422,722504,397
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228

Afafa (41) may also be a first name.

Afafa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afafa (Russian: Афафа) is found most frequently in Benin. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afafa.

How Common Is The Last Name Afafa? popularity and diffusion

Afafa is the 1,746,159th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. Afafa occurs mostly in Asia, where 42 percent of Afafa reside; 34 percent reside in West Africa and 34 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held forename world-wide It is held by 41 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 313,200. In Benin Afafa is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 73 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 18 percent reside and Ouémé Department, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 28 percent reside and Russia, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Affafa9140/
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Afaifa9123/
Afafah916/
Hafafa912/
Afafga911/
Afaffa911/
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Afafa'a833/
Afafe80208/
Ofafa80185/
Afafi80102/
Afefa8076/
Afafy805/
Afafo805/
Afofa802/
Efafa801/
Afafachh771/
Afeefa73211/
Efaifa7337/
Afoufa7328/
Afaifo7324/
Hafafe7312/
Asfafi735/
Affafe733/
Affefa733/
Afaifi731/
Afeafe731/
Afafoh731/
Afafes731/
Affafi731/
Oufafa731/
Efayfa731/
Asdfasdfa711/
Afayfeh6747/
Hafeefa6734/
Ahfafoo677/
Haffafe675/
Hafhafi675/
Hafafij675/
Ashfafi673/
Hefaifa673/
Efaifah671/
Asdfasdfas671/
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Afafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afafa in the Russian language
Афафаafafa-

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