Afana Surname
Approximately 6,189 people bear this surname
Afana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4,276 | 1:4,857 | 584 |
| Saudi Arabia | 596 | 1:51,772 | 7,760 |
| Israel | 345 | 1:24,805 | 3,638 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| United States | 168 | 1:2,157,494 | 136,287 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43 | 1:213,076 | 14,246 |
| Canada | 41 | 1:898,673 | 68,969 |
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| Austria | 19 | 1:448,181 | 44,644 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Afaña (1) are calculated separately.
Afana (575) may also be a first name.
Afana Demographics
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Afana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afana (Arabic: حلفينا, Hindi: अफाना, Oriya: ଆଫନା, Russian: Афана) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant: Afaña. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 78,892nd most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,177,500 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Afana are found; 73 percent are found in Central Africa and 69 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 349,457th most frequently held given name worldwide It is held by 575 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 4,276 people, or 1 in 4,857. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 77 percent live, South Region, where 13 percent live and Littoral Region, where 5 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 46 countries. It is also found in Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent live and Israel, where 6 percent live.
Afana Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Afana surname are 1.71% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.52% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Afana earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 21.24% less than the national average, earning 272,576 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 3.39% more than the national average, earning R 245,700 per year; in United States they earn 15.92% more than the national average, earning $50,020 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.92% more than the national average, earning $50,638 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afana in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଫନା | aphana | - |
| Afana in the Hindi language | ||
| अफाना | aphana | 56.25 |
| आफाना | aphana | 25 |
| अफसाना | aphasana | 18.75 |
| Afana in the Russian language | ||
| Афана | afana | - |
| Afana in the Arabic language | ||
| حلفينا | hlfyna | - |
| عفاني | fany | - |
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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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- 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 Afana
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