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 surname Affin is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Affin? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 611,703rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Affin are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affin is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 61 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 334 people, or 1 in 30,945. In Benin Affin is most common in: Plateau Department, where 56 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 14 percent live and Littoral Department, where 13 percent live. Besides Benin it occurs 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 frequency of Affin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Affin 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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