Afije Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Afije Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 61 | 1:2,903,980 | 91,283 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
Afije (282) may also be a first name.
Afije Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afije Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afije occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Afije click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afije? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,414,640th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Afije reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afije is also the 527,582nd most frequently occurring forename globally, borne by 282 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 61 people, or 1 in 2,903,980. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 33 percent are found, Edo, where 30 percent are found and Ogun, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and North Macedonia, where 2 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 Afije
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