Afato Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Afato Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afato Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Fiji11:894,3914,568
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Afato (20) may also be a first name.

Afato Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afato Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Afato is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Afato click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afato? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afato is the 3,798,600th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Afato is primarily found in Oceania, where 63 percent of Afato are found; 63 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 59 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Afato is also the 2,446,817th most widespread given name on earth, borne by 20 people.

The surname Afato is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Afato is most common in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Not including Papua New Guinea it is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 11 percent reside and Benin, where 7 percent reside.

Afato Last Name Statistics demography

Afato earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affato9139/
Afauto9115/
Afatoz914/
Afasto912/
Afaito911/
Afatou911/
Afausto8310/
Gaifato834/
Affatou831/
Hafatou831/
Afata80318/
Afoto8059/
Ofato8012/
Gaifatto7710/
Hajfatoh771/
Afataowa771/
Apfata731,035/
Afatah73368/
Afatad73155/
Afoito73116/
Affoto7359/
Affata7335/
Afatap7315/
Gafata7310/
Afataa735/
Gafoto734/
Aufata733/
Aifoto732/
Asfata732/
Afajta731/
Afotho731/
Afatat731/
Afatta731/
Afotou731/
Aissfatou711/
Afatadh674,060/
Afoutou673,363/
Afattah672,019/
Hafatad67166/
Afeitos6749/
Avaitoh677/
Afatach674/
Ajfaita674/
Affotou674/
Afatash672/
Haifata671/
Affatta671/
Aafatad671/
Hajfattouh671/
Hofatto671/
Gafatta671/

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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 Afato
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