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 surname Afanga occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afanga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 512,152nd most numerous family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 11,422,486 people. Afanga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afanga live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afanga is also the 1,911,214th most common first name throughout the world, held by 30 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 376 people, or 1 in 471,124. In Nigeria Afanga is most numerous in: Benue, where 62 percent reside, Taraba, where 15 percent reside and Cross River, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 32 percent reside and Niger, where 4 percent reside.
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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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