Afernandes Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Portugal
Highest density in:
Portugal

Afernandes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afernandes 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
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017

Afernandes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afernandes occurs most in Portugal. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afernandes? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,543,123rd most widely held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Afernandes live; 90 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 90 percent live in Iberian Europe.

The surname Afernandes is most frequent in Portugal, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 372,080. Other than Portugal this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 10 percent are found.

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
Afernandez9010/
Efernandes901/
Ofernandes901/
E'Fernandes861/
Efernandez804/
Efarnandes801/
Afernández801/
O'Fernandez762/
Efarnandis7046/
Efarnanndis671/

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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 Afernandes
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