Afen Surname
Approximately 1,023 people bear this surname
Afen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 929 | 1:190,681 | 11,566 |
| Indonesia | 56 | 1:2,361,593 | 141,864 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Afen (1,547) may also be a first name.
Afen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afen occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afen is the 355,394th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,123,701 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Afen live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afen is also the 197,070th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,547 people.
The surname Afen is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 929 people, or 1 in 190,681. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 63 percent are found, Benue, where 6 percent are found and Ondo, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Afen
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