Afoekezie Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afoekezie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afoekezie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Afoekezie Last Name Facts

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

Afoekezie is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afoekezie? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Afoekezie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Afoekezie live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Afoekezie is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Afoekezie is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 36 percent reside, Osun, where 29 percent reside and Ogun, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afuokeze821/
Ofekeze7513/
Efe Okezi671/
Afkhez671/
Afkouzi6319/
Afukesi637/
Afocozi635/
Ofakeze631/
Ovokeze631/
Afekoza631/
Afiukwazie631/
Ofekeza631/
Afkhazi631/
Avekeoza591/
Afkoza531/
Afakasi5015/
Ofokasi5010/
Efek Öz501/
Ovickzi501/
Avukuzi501/
Afukoze501/
Ofokisi501/

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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 Afoekezie
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