Affin Surname
Approximately 505 people bear this surname
Affin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 334 | 1:30,945 | 4,083 |
| Ivory Coast | 125 | 1:184,570 | 8,133 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Affin (61) may also be a first name.
Affin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Affin is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Affin? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 611,703rd most commonly used surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 84 percent of Affin live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affin is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 61 people.
The surname Affin is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 334 people, or 1 in 30,945. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 56 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 14 percent live and Littoral Department, where 13 percent live. Besides Benin Affin is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent live and Malaysia, where 3 percent live.
Affin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Affin has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Affin
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