Afazo Surname

2,136,387th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 78 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Afazo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afazo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger771:249,2477,915
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Afazo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afazo is found most in Niger. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afazo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afazo is the 2,136,387th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. Afazo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afazo live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Niger, where it is borne by 77 people, or 1 in 249,247. In Niger Afazo is mostly concentrated in: Agadez Region, where 61 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 39 percent reside. Besides Niger it occurs in one country. It is also common in Iran, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afazod9139/
Afazoz912/
Affazo912/
Afazzo911/
Afazou911/
Afazodh8397/
Hafazoh8314/
Afazouz831/
Hafazou831/
Afaizou831/
Afaza802,011/
Afaso80106/
Afezo8019/
Afajo804/
Ofazo801/
Afozo801/
Afazaz73661/
Afasos73311/
Afasho73134/
Afazat7353/
Afazah7327/
Hafaza7320/
Afoizo7317/
Afasso7317/
Afaaso738/
Afasoi738/
Afadjo735/
Afaaza734/
Aforzo734/
Hefazo731/
Hafezo731/
Afazia731/
Afasio731/
Afasco731/
Afedzo731/
Hafazat67169/
Hafazah67124/
Affadjo6760/
Afazzaz6711/
Afazadh6710/
Hafazza679/
Afeizou674/
Hafeezo674/
Hafazia674/
Hafasho671/
Offaizo671/
Affezou671/
Hafezoh671/
Eufazio671/
Afeïzou671/

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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
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  • 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 Afazo
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