Afaia Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Afaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
Afaia (9) may also be a first name.
Afaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afaia is more frequently found in Brazil than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Afaia.
How Common Is The Last Name Afaia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afaia is the 7,593,402nd most frequently occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Afaia is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Afaia reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,941,740th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 9 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil it is most numerous in: Pará, where 67 percent reside and Amazonas, where 33 percent reside. Without taking into account Brazil it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 50 percent reside.
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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 Afaia
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