Afanyi Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Afanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Afanyi (11) may also be a first name.
Afanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afanyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afanyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Afanyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afanyi is the 2,689,253rd most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afanyi live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afanyi is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Niger, where 81 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Cross River, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Afanyi
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