Afe Surname
Approximately 5,013 people bear this surname
Afe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,639 | 1:38,186 | 3,082 |
| Indonesia | 128 | 1:1,033,197 | 75,404 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58 | 1:140,581 | 19,337 |
| Turkey | 35 | 1:2,223,469 | 73,459 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Afe (1,305) may also be a first name.
Afe Demographics
Average Afe Salary in
United States
$25,143 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Afe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻒ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afe? popularity and diffusion
Afe is the 94,963rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,453,729 people. The surname Afe is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Afe reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 217,752nd most common given name on earth, borne by 1,305 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,639 people, or 1 in 38,186. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 32 percent live, Ondo, where 22 percent live and Lagos, where 10 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Afe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Afe last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
Afe earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.73% less than the national average, earning $25,143 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﻒ | f | 50 |
| ﺁﻑ | af | 50 |
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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 Afe
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