Afewu Surname
Approximately 427 people bear this surname
Afewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afewu occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Afewu.
How Common Is The Last Name Afewu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 692,305th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 17,066,852 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afewu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Afewu is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Not including Ghana it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, 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 Afewu
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