Affafa Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Affafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin351:295,30324,440
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Affafa Last Name Facts

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

Affafa (Russian: Аффафа) is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Affafa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,100,440th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Affafa live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Affafa is most frequently used in Benin, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 295,303. In Benin Affafa is most numerous in: Atlantique Department, where 46 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 26 percent are found and Borgou Department, where 20 percent are found. Not including Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 10 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Afafat8347/
Afafah836/
Afeafa834/
Afhafa834/
Affefa833/
Affafe833/
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Afafa'a773/
Afafe73208/
Ofafa73185/
Afafi73102/
Afefa7376/
Afafo735/
Afafy735/
Afofa732/
Efafa731/
Afafachh711/
Afeefa67211/
Efaifa6737/
Afoufa6728/
Hafafe6712/
Asfafi675/
Afafes671/
Oufafa671/
Afafoh671/
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Affhaufer671/
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Affafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Affafa in the Russian language
Аффафаaffafa-

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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 Affafa
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