Afamba Surname

839,220th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 328 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Afamba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afamba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2981:131,00412,094
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Afamba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afamba occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Afamba.

How Common Is The Last Name Afamba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 839,220th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 22,218,128 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Afamba live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The surname Afamba is most widespread 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 reside, Manafwa District, where 20 percent reside and Namayingo District, where 7 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hafamba924/
Afaimba924/
Afatimba86190/
Afasimba8696/
Ofamba831,184/
Efamba83509/
Afambo8341/
Afambi8328/
Afambe835/
Afemba831/
Afomba831/
Afoumba77296/
Affambo7742/
Afambyi777/
Afaimbo771/
Affamby771/
Afaambo771/
Effambea7113/
Afatimbi711/
Afasimbo711/
Afosimba711/
Efemba67451/
Ofomba67144/
Afombo67131/
Afombe6756/
Afombi6729/
Efambo6725/
Ofambi6717/
Ofemba679/
Ofambo677/
Ofambe673/
Efomba672/
Afanbo671/
Afanbi671/
Affanbach670/

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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
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