Afame Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Afame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Afame (12) may also be a first name.
Afame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afame occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Afame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afame? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,185,033rd most frequent family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. Afame is primarily found in Oceania, where 76 percent of Afame live; 76 percent live in Oceania Islands and 76 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Afame is also the 3,306,491st most widespread first name globally, borne by 12 people.
Afame is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 281,163. In Papua New Guinea Afame is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Afame
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