Afaja Surname
Approximately 398 people bear this surname
Afaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 394 | 1:1,946,866 | 67,362 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Afaja (250) may also be a first name.
Afaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afaja (Hindi: अफजा, Oriya: ଆଫଜା) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Afaja.
How Common Is The Last Name Afaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 728,955th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,310,417 people. Afaja occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Afaja are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 563,826th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 250 people.
The last name is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 1,946,866. In India Afaja is mostly concentrated in: Bihar, where 89 percent are found, Jharkhand, where 7 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 2 percent are found. Other than India this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afaja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afaja in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଫଜା | aphaja | - |
| Afaja in the Hindi language | ||
| अफजा | aphaja | 64.29 |
| अफाजा | aphaja | 28.57 |
| आफजा | aphaja | 7.14 |
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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 Afaja
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