Afful Surname

12,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44,409 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Afful Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afful Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana43,5021:62184
United States2991:1,212,23786,130
England2981:186,97316,679
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Spain191:2,460,63358,585
Germany181:4,472,526177,866
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Finland61:916,11741,832
Wales41:773,63329,106
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
China21:683,660,78330,601
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
France11:66,422,722504,397
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643

Afful (1,818) may also be a first name.

Afful Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afful occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afful? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 12,640th most frequently held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 164,101 people. Afful occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afful reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 179,023rd most prevalent first name globally, held by 1,818 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is held by 43,502 people, or 1 in 621. Apart from Ghana this last name occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Afful Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Afful last name are 43.07% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 96.3% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Afful earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 67.8% less than the national average, earning R 76,524 per year; in United States they earn 1.19% less than the national average, earning $42,635 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.85% less than the national average, earning $37,832 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affull9110/
Affule912/
Affful911/
Affaul911/
Affult910/
Aful8950/
Affoule8370/
Gaful8035/
Afule8031/
Asful8016/
Atful805/
Afoul804/
Affol803/
Afhul802/
Afujl801/
Afuil801/
Afgul801/
Ayful801/
Aiful801/
Awful800/
Atfoul7326/
Afoule739/
Gaiful736/
Afgoul734/
Gafoul732/
Hatful732/
Afulle732/
Ashful731/
Hafoul731/
Hayful731/
Offult731/
Haeful730/
Hofful730/
Offull730/
Hatfull67293/
Afol6722/
Eful678/
Ashfoul673/
Hajfoul671/
Oful671/
Ahafule671/
Ashfull671/
Hatfuld670/

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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
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  • 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 Afful
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