Afoba Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Afoba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afoba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afoba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently used family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Afoba are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Afoba is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 7 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afouba91747/
Gafoba918/
Hafoba917/
Afobea911/
Afobai911/
Afohba911/
Affouba837/
Afoubai831/
Gafouba831/
Afuba80105/
Afobi8031/
Afaba8019/
Afova8018/
Afobo8015/
Ofoba8011/
Afobe805/
Afowa804/
Efoba802/
Gafoubea771/
Afoutbai771/
Affaba7397/
Aifobo7321/
Gafobe7312/
Ofobga7311/
Aifowa734/
Ofoeba733/
Gafova732/
Afoube732/
Afubai732/
Gafuba732/
Afabha731/
Afoubo731/
Afebah731/
Afowah731/
Hafova731/
Afouwa731/
Afowua731/
Afoboh731/
Afobou731/
Affobo731/
Affowa731/
Ayfuba731/
Afebai731/
Affoubeau711/
Afoubou67421/
Gafoube67147/
Gaifuba6735/
Haufova672/
Aifobhe671/
Ahafova671/
Ahyfova671/
Affoubo671/
Gaifova671/

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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 Afoba
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