Afanga Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Afanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 376 | 1:471,124 | 23,774 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Afanga (30) may also be a first name.
Afanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afanga is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Afanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 512,152nd most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afanga reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afanga is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held first name throughout the world It is held by 30 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 376 people, or 1 in 471,124. In Nigeria Afanga is most frequent in: Benue, where 62 percent live, Taraba, where 15 percent live and Cross River, where 10 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 32 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live.
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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 Afanga
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