Afah Surname
Approximately 1,204 people bear this surname
Afah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 718 | 1:28,926 | 3,903 |
| Nigeria | 295 | 1:600,484 | 28,761 |
| Indonesia | 131 | 1:1,009,536 | 73,900 |
| Israel | 47 | 1:182,077 | 18,133 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Afah (348) may also be a first name.
Afah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afah (Arabic: أفه) is most common in Cameroon. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afah? popularity and diffusion
Afah is the 312,422nd most frequently used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 6,052,779 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Afah live; 60 percent live in Central Africa and 59 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 467,354th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 348 people.
The last name Afah is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 718 people, or 1 in 28,926. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 44 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 41 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside and Indonesia, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afah in the Arabic language | ||
| أفه | afh | - |
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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 Afah
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