Afam Surname

123,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,694 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,5311:50,1683,840
United States311:11,692,224454,091
Afghanistan251:1,286,12711,103
India221:34,866,608408,224
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
England171:3,277,533109,658
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Togo91:805,3086,372
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Afam (4,437) may also be a first name.

Afam Last Name Facts

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

Afam (Hindi: आफाम, Russian: Афам) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afam.

How Common Is The Last Name Afam? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afam is the 123,568th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,972,806 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Afam live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afam is also the 103,450th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 4,437 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,531 people, or 1 in 50,168. In Nigeria Afam is most frequent in: Delta, where 21 percent are found, Anambra, where 18 percent are found and Imo, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 1 percent are found.

Afam Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Afam last name is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.

Afam earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 42.93% less than the national average, earning $24,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afham89590/
Affam89399/
Afame8938/
Hafam8912/
Asfam896/
Afaam895/
Adfam895/
Aafam893/
Afamg893/
Aufam891/
Afaim891/
Afaum891/
Afaham8025/
Afhaam8011/
Ashfam804/
Asfaam802/
Afasim801/
Gaffam801/
Gaifam801/
Afaime801/
Afhame801/
Haffam801/
Aifham801/
Hafame801/
Asfham801/
Afan759,370/
Efam75396/
Afom75242/
Ofam7547/
Haufame738/
Atfaham731/
Hafasim731/
Haufham730/
Afane6711,600/
Affan679,227/
Aifan677,704/
Afgan672,866/
Afang67947/
Asfan67799/
Hafan67306/
Afand67249/
Afome67223/
Gafan67143/
Effam6790/
Ayfan6771/
Atfan6760/
Aafan6760/
Afhan6745/
Aïfan6733/
Afoum6732/
Ahfan6730/
Afaan6728/
Ofame6726/
Aufan6725/
Ajfan6722/
Athfatim6721/
Apfan6715/
Afoom6713/
Aîfan6713/
Azfan679/
Efham678/
Apham677/
Afanc675/
Afain675/
Affom675/
Awfan674/
Afahamme674/
Afanh673/
Afaun672/
Gofam672/
Eafan672/
Ofamn671/
Afomg671/
Ofaim671/
Asfom671/
Adfan671/
Oufam671/
Afant671/
Adfom671/
Hofam671/
Offam671/

Afam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afam in the Hindi language
आफामaphama-
Afam in the Russian language
Афамafam-

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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 Afam
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