Afayam Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Afayam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Afayam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afayam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afayam occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Afayam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afayam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Afayam occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afayam live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Afayam is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 407,237. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 94 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Malaysia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Afayam
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