Afoan Surname

482,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 691 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Afoan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afoan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia6831:193,63018,468
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Iran11:76,782,524277,718

Afoan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afoan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Afoan is most common in Indonesia. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afoan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afoan is the 482,070th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Afoan are found; 99 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 99 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 683 people, or 1 in 193,630. In Indonesia Afoan is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 95 percent are found, Riau, where 4 percent are found and East Kalimantan, where 1 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and East Timor, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affouan8310/
Afouane8310/
Afoasin831/
Afoasen831/
Afoahan831/
Aafouane774/
Hayfouan772/
Avohan7324/
Afoyon737/
Ofohan731/
Ofoamn731/
Affoyon6780/
Affohoun627/
Afaïhoun621/
Oufouane621/
Affaïhoun573/
Affoiiong572/
Efaean557/
Afouom551/
Gofaon551/
Ofoyon551/
Ephahon501/

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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 Afoan
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