Afewerk Surname
Approximately 3,724 people bear this surname
Afewerk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,703 | 1:26,342 | 3,258 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Afewerk (2,675) may also be a first name.
Afewerk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afewerk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afewerk is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afewerk? popularity and diffusion
Afewerk is the 122,698th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,956,914 people. The surname Afewerk occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afewerk live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 141,712th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 2,675 people.
The surname Afewerk is most numerous in Ethiopia, where it is held by 3,703 people, or 1 in 26,342. Excluding Ethiopia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Afewerk
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