Afera Surname
Approximately 7,097 people bear this surname
Afera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 6,922 | 1:14,092 | 1,992 |
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Afera (3,026) may also be a first name.
Afera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afera (Hindi: अफेरा, Russian: Афера) occurs more in Ethiopia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afera? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 69,738th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 1,026,849 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afera reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 131,409th most widespread first name worldwide, held by 3,026 people.
Afera is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is borne by 6,922 people, or 1 in 14,092. Besides Ethiopia this last name exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Iran, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afera in the Hindi language | ||
| अफेरा | aphera | 66.67 |
| आफेरा | aphera | 33.33 |
| Afera in the Russian language | ||
| Афера | afera | - |
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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 Afera
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