Afing Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Afing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Afing (21) may also be a first name.
Afing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afing is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afing? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. Afing occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Afing reside; 76 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 76 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,368,944th most common first name on earth It is held by 21 people.
This last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea Afing is most numerous in: Morobe, where 87 percent live, Western Highlands, where 7 percent live and Madang, where 2 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and Germany, where 8 percent live.
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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 Afing
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