Afamia Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Afamia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afamia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Afamia (66) may also be a first name.

Afamia Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afamia is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Afamia.

How Common Is The Last Name Afamia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afamia is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Afamia reside; 33 percent reside in East Africa and 33 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Afamia is also the 1,201,840th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 66 people.

The surname Afamia is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria Afamia is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 33 percent are found and Uganda, where 33 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afomia839/
Afemia833/
Afamya831/
Afamja831/
Efamia831/
Eufamia771/
Ofemia67355/
Efemia6751/
Efomia676/
Eufemia62950/
Hofemia621/
Oefemia621/
D'Efemia572/
Euffemia572/
Euphamia571/
Eufemija571/
D'Eufemia5354/
Euphamiah534/
Efemio501/
Afomya501/
Ofemio500/

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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 Afamia
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