Affum Surname

49,586th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Affum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Affum Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana10,2521:2,636423
United States621:5,846,112285,490
England241:2,321,58686,519
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Affum (508) may also be a first name.

Affum Last Name Facts

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

Affum is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Affum? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 49,586th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 702,549 people. The last name Affum occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Affum reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Affum is also the 375,473rd most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 508 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 10,252 people, or 1 in 2,636. Not including Ghana this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Affum Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Affum surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for the political party.

Affum earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.66% more than the national average, earning $50,337 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affoum91249/
Affume911/
Afum892,697/
Affusim8317/
Affoume833/
Effum801,054/
Offum80402/
Affun80304/
Afoum8032/
Afume808/
Affom805/
Aefum804/
Afgum801/
Afaum801/
Affoun73291/
Offoum7319/
Effeum733/
Gaffun732/
Afoume731/
Adfoum731/
Effuim731/
Haffom730/
Afun674,247/
Ofum671,187/
Afom67242/
Efum6721/
Affoune6717/
Haffoun675/
Offusim671/
Affgunn671/
Affaunt671/

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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 Affum
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