Afiku Surname

1,152,132nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 208 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afiku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afiku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1971:899,20239,032
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142

Afiku (48) may also be a first name.

Afiku Last Name Facts

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

Afiku is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afiku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afiku is the 1,152,132nd most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 35,036,278 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afiku live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread given name in the world. It is borne by 48 people.

The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 197 people, or 1 in 899,202. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 73 percent are found, Kano, where 10 percent are found and Kaduna, where 8 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Afiku exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affiku91685/
Afaiku9114/
Afikou919/
Aufiku915/
Afieku914/
Haufiku8311,614/
Afiskou836/
Haifiku832/
Afeikou831/
Afeku804,778/
Afuku8033/
Ofiku8027/
Efiku806/
Haufikku771/
Afekou7310/
Aifuku7310/
Offiku738/
Aphiku733/
Hefiku733/
Afeeku733/
Afehku731/
Affekou6743/
Otfaiku673/
Haufuku671/
Afekouh671/
Oufikhou621/
Ofuku6060/
Ofeku6057/
Efuku607/
Efeku602/
Eficu601/
Eifuku55731/
Hofuku55463/
Efukou551/
Ofeeku551/
Ophiku551/
Houfuku504/
Eifekou501/
Hafescu501/
Affecou501/

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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 Afiku
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