Affang Surname
Approximately 368 people bear this surname
Affang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 362 | 1:489,345 | 24,522 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Affang (12) may also be a first name.
Affang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Affang occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Affang? popularity and diffusion
Affang is the 772,238th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 19,803,114 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Affang reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 12 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 362 people, or 1 in 489,345. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 49 percent reside, Cross River, where 35 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Affang exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and India, where 1 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 Affang
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