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
Afe Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Afe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﻒ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 94,963rd most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 1,453,729 people. Afe occurs mostly 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 first name internationally. It is borne by 1,305 people.
The surname Afe is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4,639 people, or 1 in 38,186. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 32 percent reside, Ondo, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Afe occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Afe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Afe surname is principally 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
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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 Afe
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