Afaru Surname
Approximately 735 people bear this surname
Afaru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 692 | 1:255,987 | 14,754 |
| Uganda | 40 | 1:975,982 | 42,738 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Afaru (531) may also be a first name.
Afaru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afaru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afaru (Hindi: आफारू, Marathi: अफरु) occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afaru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 459,598th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,915,028 people. The last name Afaru occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afaru live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afaru is also the 366,022nd most common first name on earth, held by 531 people.
Afaru is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 692 people, or 1 in 255,987. In Nigeria Afaru is primarily found in: Zamfara, where 52 percent are found, Sokoto, where 22 percent are found and Yobe, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gafaru | 91 | 6,530 | / |
| Afaruz | 91 | 38 | / |
| Afaruj | 91 | 28 | / |
| Aafaru | 91 | 23 | / |
| Afarou | 91 | 16 | / |
| Hafaru | 91 | 9 | / |
| Asfaru | 91 | 4 | / |
| Afaaru | 91 | 2 | / |
| Afgaru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afarud | 91 | 1 | / |
| Affaru | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afaruu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gafarou | 83 | 298 | / |
| Gaffaru | 83 | 12 | / |
| Gaafaru | 83 | 3 | / |
| Hafairu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Affarou | 83 | 2 | / |
| Asfaaru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gafaaru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gafarru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gaifaru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hafaruj | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gafauru | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aferu | 80 | 64 | / |
| Aforu | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ofaru | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gaffarou | 77 | 22 | / |
| Aforgu | 73 | 90 | / |
| Șofaru | 73 | 30 | / |
| Aforou | 73 | 9 | / |
| Afaroe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Affayroux | 71 | 40 | / |
| Affairoux | 71 | 28 | / |
| Afourou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gapharu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gafooru | 67 | 2 | / |
| Apharud | 67 | 1 | / |
Afaru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afaru in the Marathi language | ||
| अफरु | apharu | - |
| Afaru in the Hindi language | ||
| आफारू | apharu | 66.67 |
| अफारू | apharu | 33.33 |
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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 Afaru
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