Afekafe Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afekafe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afekafe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria981:1,807,57965,389
England121:4,643,172139,951
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443

Afekafe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afekafe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afekafe? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,727,723rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. Afekafe occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Afekafe live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Afekafe is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria Afekafe is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 49 percent live, Rivers, where 39 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Barring Nigeria Afekafe exists in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Afekva771/
Afekowa711/
Afekhowa676/
Afikova572/

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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 Afekafe
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