Afiong Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Afiong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 157 | 1:1,128,298 | 46,367 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
Afiong (3,409) may also be a first name.
Afiong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afiong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afiong is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afiong? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,315,412th most frequently used last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afiong are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 121,942nd most common first name internationally, held by 3,409 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 157 people, or 1 in 1,128,298. In Nigeria Afiong is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 59 percent reside, Cross River, where 17 percent reside and Lagos, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Afiong
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