Affah Surname

730,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 397 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Affah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3411:519,48025,666
Cameroon341:610,85546,287
Benin81:1,291,95054,095
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Affah (73) may also be a first name.

Affah Last Name Facts

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

Affah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Affah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Affah is the 730,373rd most widespread surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,356,539 people. The surname Affah is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Affah are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affah is also the 1,134,117th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 73 people.

The last name Affah is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 341 people, or 1 in 519,480. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 56 percent live, Rivers, where 14 percent live and Cross River, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 9 percent live and Benin, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affash91369/
Affach91275/
Gaffah9118/
Affaha917/
Haffah912/
Affaih912/
Affaah911/
Affa891,703/
Afah891,204/
Haffadh83180/
Haffach8364/
Affaich8314/
Haiffah831/
Effah8024,073/
Affoh801,569/
Afaha801,527/
Afash801,402/
Haffa80551/
Aifah80347/
Gaffa80317/
Aiffa80234/
Aufah80208/
Affas80191/
Affat80172/
Offah80135/
Affad8035/
Affaa8019/
Ahfah8018/
Affaz8016/
Hafah8014/
Auffa8012/
Afaah808/
Affai808/
Afach807/
Aïffa807/
Aafah805/
Aefah804/
Aaffa801/
Affha801/
Aeffa801/
Affau801/
Affay801/
Affaï801/
Affaš801/
Affoa801/
Afadh801/
Aîffa801/
Afahd801/
Awfah801/
Afa7524,455/
Haffad731,554/
Gaffga73246/
Hafash73144/
Haifah73137/
Hafach73107/
Haffai73106/
Hauffa7387/
Aiffat7350/
Hafadh7341/
Haffas7336/
Haffaz7317/
Gauffa7312/
Achfah7311/
Assfah7310/
Ahfath739/
Haffat739/
Affass739/
Affaid738/
Effaha735/
Hazfah735/
Offaha734/
Asfash734/
Aaffaa734/
Ahfadh733/
Aefaih733/
Eaffat732/
Gaffau732/
Affa'a732/
Afachh732/
Ouffah732/
Auffay732/
Asfach732/
Aafash731/
Afahey731/
Asfahh731/
Gaffay731/
Gafaih731/
Attfah731/
Heffah731/
Gaaffa731/
Afathh731/
Effeah731/
Haiffa731/
Offath730/
Haffay730/
Affo6717,450/
Effa678,556/
Afat674,519/
Gafa673,347/
Aifa672,974/
Asfa672,700/
Afaz671,763/
Avah671,755/
Aufa671,730/
Hafa671,439/
Afoh67786/
Efah67664/
Afay67654/
Afoa67376/
Offa67307/
Ofah67167/
Atfa67166/
Afaj67149/
Afas67140/
Afad67125/
Afai67122/
Afaa6799/
Aïfa6797/
Afea6781/
Afau6768/
Ahfa6754/
Azfa6749/
Ayfa6749/
Aîfa6736/
Adfa6733/
Goffeah6724/
Awfa6721/
Aafa6717/
Aefa6717/
Hafazth679/
Afha678/
Hafaidh677/
Affò675/
Eafa675/
Ajfa674/
Afga674/
Athfaah673/
Apfa673/
Ahaffai672/
Afap672/
Affó672/
Affá672/
Hafathh672/
Afho672/
Haffaiz671/
Afahaye671/
Afahova671/
Avfa671/
Ashsfah671/
Hafashh671/
Auffais671/
Asfahei671/
Assfaha671/
Achffaj671/
Ahfaith671/
Hafffad671/
Hasfash671/

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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
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  • 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 Affah
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