Afise Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Afise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Afise (103) may also be a first name.
Afise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afise Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afise (Marathi: अफीसे) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afise? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afise is the 2,689,253rd most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Afise is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Afise live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afise is also the 930,172nd most common first name at a global level, held by 103 people.
Afise is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Afise is most frequent in: Benue, where 72 percent live, Ekiti, where 13 percent live and Rivers, where 8 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 23 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afise Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afise in the Marathi language | ||
| अफीसे | aphise | - |
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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 Afise
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