Affanu Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Maldives

Affanu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affanu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
Maldives11:404,1727,269

Affanu (57) may also be a first name.

Affanu Last Name Facts

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

Affanu is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Affanu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Affanu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affanu is also the 1,308,380th most common given name world-wide. It is borne by 57 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Affanu is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 45 percent are found, Zamfara, where 32 percent are found and Osun, where 13 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Maldives, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affanou922,980/
Afanu91737/
Affannou86149/
Affainou866/
Affaïnou861/
Afanou838,227/
Afanui8335/
Afanuh8313/
Afanus835/
Gafanu833/
Afannu832/
Afangu831/
Aïffannou802/
Aiffannou801/
Afannou77161/
Affenou77100/
Aifanou773/
Affonou772/
Afainou772/
Aïfanou771/
Asfaanu771/
Afaynou771/
Afenu731,200/
Ofanu7338/
Afonu7312/
Efanu7310/
Aifannou7130/
Aîfannou7129/
Aïfannou7117/
Affounou7115/
Ouffanou716/
Afangnou711/
Afongu6753/
Efaunu6711/
Afenou677/
Afonus673/
Offonu672/
Afonou672/
Effenu671/
Ofanau671/
Ofainu671/
Houffanou671/
Aphanu671/
Eafenu671/
Ofanou671/

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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 Affanu
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