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
Afise (Marathi: अफीसे) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afise? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afise is the 2,689,253rd most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afise are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 930,172nd most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 103 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Afise is most frequent in: Benue, where 72 percent are found, Ekiti, where 13 percent are found and Rivers, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Afise is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.
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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