Afodo Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Afodo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afodo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon521:399,40534,455
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Benin111:939,60046,216
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Afodo (14) may also be a first name.

Afodo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afodo is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Afodo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afodo? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,075,631st most commonly used last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Afodo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Afodo reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Afodo is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 14 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 52 people, or 1 in 399,405. In Cameroon Afodo is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 79 percent live, Littoral Region, where 19 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 22 percent live and Benin, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affodo91386/
Afoudo918/
Afoudou839/
Afedo802,864/
Afoda80775/
Ofodo8023/
Afado8021/
Affoudou775/
Afouda731,417/
Afedoh73418/
Affedo7313/
Affoda7311/
Ofoedo736/
Afodeu733/
Afadoh731/
Hafado731/
Offodo731/
Hafoda731/
Awfoda731/
Effodo731/
Afouddous711/
Affouda672,145/
Hafouda67468/
Ahfouda67255/
Afoudah6720/
Hafadoh6719/
Affodaï673/
Affedou671/

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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
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  • 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 Afodo
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