Afelik Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Afelik Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afelik Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Afelik Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afelik is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afelik? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 701,000th most widespread last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afelik are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Besides Ghana Afelik is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afelike921/
Afelix834/
Afeleke77149/
Hafilik771/
Affelix771/
Afalick770/
Hofelick711/
Adfeleke711/
Affalick710/
Afaliq67278/
Ozfelek6239/
Afelegh626/
Hofelic621/
Afaleq504/
Ofolek501/

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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 Afelik
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