Afiah Surname
Approximately 2,912 people bear this surname
Afiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,791 | 1:47,384 | 5,343 |
| Nigeria | 98 | 1:1,807,579 | 65,389 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afiah (1,856) may also be a first name.
Afiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afiah is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Afiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afiah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 151,271st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,502,591 people. The surname Afiah is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Afiah are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Afiah is also the 176,817th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 1,856 people.
Afiah is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 2,791 people, or 1 in 47,384. In Indonesia Afiah is mostly found in: East Java, where 21 percent are found, West Java, where 19 percent are found and Central Java, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Malaysia, where 0 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 Afiah
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