Afakale Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Afakale Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afakale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo411:1,801,94195,514
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
India21:383,532,6911,645,216

Afakale Last Name Facts

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

Afakale (Marathi: अफकाले) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afakale? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afakale is the 2,689,253rd most common family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Afakale are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

Afakale is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 1,801,941. Apart from The DR Congo Afakale occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 17 percent are found and India, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afakal921/
Ofakale864/
Afakaali801/
Afoukal71959/
Afokole71269/
Afokala715/
Afekole713/
Ofakali712/
Ashfaqalee711/
Afokhal711/
Afekele711/
Afekali711/
Afekhele671/
Ashfaqali638/
Aphakaali631/
Afokol621/
Aphakaulla591/
Efekele57177/
Afokoli57116/
Ofokile5720/
Afoucal571/
Afokeli571/

Afakale Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afakale in the Marathi language
अफकालेaphakale-

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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
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  • 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 Afakale
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