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
The surname Afanyi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afanyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afanyi is the 2,689,253rd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This last name is mostly found 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 commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria Afanyi is most frequent in: Niger, where 81 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Cross River, where 3 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 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 Afanyi
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