Afewe Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Afewe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 80 | 1:129,195 | 13,967 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Afewe (16) may also be a first name.
Afewe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afewe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afewe is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afewe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,931,261st most frequent surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afewe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afewe is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 16 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 80 people, or 1 in 129,195. In Benin Afewe is most common in: Collines Department, where 69 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 10 percent reside and Zou Department, where 10 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Switzerland, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affewe | 91 | 450 | / |
| Afeweh | 91 | 3 | / |
| Afoewe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afew | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hafewez | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afebe | 80 | 50 | / |
| Afewa | 80 | 42 | / |
| Afowe | 80 | 13 | / |
| Afeve | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ofewe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afewi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Affew | 80 | 0 | / |
| Affewoue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afeeva | 73 | 76 | / |
| Ofiewe | 73 | 55 | / |
| Aufeve | 73 | 7 | / |
| Afeveh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aufewa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Affawe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afeawi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aufeuve | 67 | 14 | / |
| Auffeve | 67 | 7 | / |
| Affeoue | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hafeeva | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afesueh | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hofewer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afehoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofew | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Afewe
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