Afinju Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afinju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afinju Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria831:2,134,25073,634
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Afinju Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afinju is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Afinju.

How Common Is The Last Name Afinju? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,047,559th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afinju live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 40 percent reside, Lagos, where 35 percent reside and Niger, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afuiniu771/
Afunjuh771/
Afinsou771/
Hatfimjou671/
Afensou622/
Efuenju622/
Ofienyu621/
Efenoju621/
Afenius621/
Ofensu504/

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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 Afinju
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