Afamba Surname
Approximately 328 people bear this surname
Afamba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 298 | 1:131,004 | 12,094 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Afamba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afamba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afamba occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afamba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 839,220th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 22,218,128 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Afamba are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 77 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Afamba is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 131,004. In Uganda Afamba is most common in: Tororo District, where 57 percent live, Manafwa District, where 20 percent live and Namayingo District, where 7 percent live. Outside of Uganda Afamba occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hafamba | 92 | 4 | / |
| Afaimba | 92 | 4 | / |
| Afatimba | 86 | 190 | / |
| Afasimba | 86 | 96 | / |
| Ofamba | 83 | 1,184 | / |
| Efamba | 83 | 509 | / |
| Afambo | 83 | 41 | / |
| Afambi | 83 | 28 | / |
| Afambe | 83 | 5 | / |
| Afemba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afomba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afoumba | 77 | 296 | / |
| Affambo | 77 | 42 | / |
| Afambyi | 77 | 7 | / |
| Afaimbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Affamby | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afaambo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Effambea | 71 | 13 | / |
| Afatimbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afasimbo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afosimba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Efemba | 67 | 451 | / |
| Ofomba | 67 | 144 | / |
| Afombo | 67 | 131 | / |
| Afombe | 67 | 56 | / |
| Afombi | 67 | 29 | / |
| Efambo | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ofambi | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ofemba | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ofambo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ofambe | 67 | 3 | / |
| Efomba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afanbo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afanbi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affanbach | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Afamba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis