Afire Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Afire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afire (432) may also be a first name.
Afire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afire Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afire has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Afire.
How Common Is The Last Name Afire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afire is the 5,057,639th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Afire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Afire are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 40 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Afire is also the 412,918th most widespread first name globally, held by 432 people.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 3,549,025. In Uganda Afire is mostly concentrated in: Tororo District, where 55 percent reside, Kampala District, where 36 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Uganda Afire occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 13 percent reside and Argentina, where 7 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 Afire
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