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

The surname Afoan is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Afoan.

How Common Is The Last Name Afoan? popularity and diffusion

Afoan is the 482,070th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 10,546,376 people. The surname Afoan is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Afoan reside; 99 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 99 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

This last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 683 people, or 1 in 193,630. In Indonesia Afoan is primarily concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 95 percent live, Riau, where 4 percent live and East Kalimantan, where 1 percent live. Barring Indonesia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and East Timor, where 0 percent live.

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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