Afodun Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Afodun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 186 | 1:952,380 | 40,741 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Afodun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afodun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afodun occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afodun? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,235,409th most commonly held family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afodun reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Afodun is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 952,380. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kwara, where 52 percent reside, Oyo, where 21 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Afodun
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