Afi Surname
Approximately 8,666 people bear this surname
Afi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,732 | 1:15,601 | 2,007 |
| Indonesia | 1,533 | 1:86,268 | 9,048 |
| Saudi Arabia | 875 | 1:35,264 | 5,116 |
| Morocco | 784 | 1:43,975 | 7,155 |
| Somaliland | 673 | 1:5,201 | 433 |
| Nigeria | 535 | 1:331,108 | 18,084 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Somalia | 343 | 1:39,219 | 1,895 |
| Kenya | 254 | 1:181,811 | 13,664 |
| Iran | 225 | 1:341,256 | 23,072 |
| India | 178 | 1:4,309,356 | 113,912 |
| Papua New Guinea | 144 | 1:56,623 | 7,213 |
| United Arab Emirates | 113 | 1:81,082 | 7,365 |
| Cameroon | 56 | 1:370,876 | 32,690 |
| United States | 42 | 1:8,629,975 | 373,648 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| Ivory Coast | 25 | 1:922,849 | 23,346 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Tunisia | 20 | 1:30,531 | 4,563 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
The alternate forms: Áfi (34) are calculated separately.
Afi (98,963) may also be a first name.
Afi Demographics
Afi Political Affiliation
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Afi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afi (Hindi: अफी) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Áfi. Click here to see other possible spellings of Afi.
How Common Is The Last Name Afi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 58,360th most common surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 840,935 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 56 percent of Afi reside; 32 percent reside in West Africa and 31 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afi is also the 10,293rd most commonly occurring forename internationally. It is borne by 98,963 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,732 people, or 1 in 15,601. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 66 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 18 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 10 percent live.
Afi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Afi surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Afi last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.
The amount Afi earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 18.9% less than the national average, earning $34,994 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.1% less than the national average, earning $38,702 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afi in the Hindi language | ||
| अफी | aphi | 78.26 |
| आफी | aphi | 21.74 |
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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 Afi
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