Affoya Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Affoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 250 | 1:41,342 | 5,321 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Affoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Affoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Affoya is most common in Benin. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Affoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Affoya is the 1,009,375th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Affoya are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Affoya is most common in Benin, where it is borne by 250 people, or 1 in 41,342. In Benin Affoya is mostly concentrated in: Collines Department, where 65 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 11 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, 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 Affoya
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