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) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afise? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,689,253rd most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname 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. It is also the 930,172nd most common given name globally, held by 103 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Afise is mostly found in: Benue, where 72 percent reside, Ekiti, where 13 percent reside and Rivers, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
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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