Affora Surname
Approximately 75 people bear this surname
Affora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 74 | 1:139,670 | 14,797 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Affora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affora Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Affora is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Affora click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Affora? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,185,341st most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 97,167,279 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Affora are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Benin, where it is held by 74 people, or 1 in 139,670. In Benin it is primarily found in: Collines Department, where 54 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 22 percent are found and Zou Department, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Syria, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Affora
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