Afognon Surname

635,252nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 480 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Togo
Highest density in:
Togo

Afognon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afognon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Togo4201:17,2575,159
Benin501:206,71219,428
France81:8,302,840321,660
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Afognon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afognon is found in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afognon? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 635,252nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 15,182,387 people. The last name Afognon occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afognon are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most common in Togo, where it is borne by 420 people, or 1 in 17,257. Excluding Togo this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 10 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affognon932,256/
Afongnon931/
Afougnon931/
Afonon929/
Affougnon8851/
Affongnon882/
Afffognon881/
Afagnon86169/
Affonon8676/
Afonnon861/
Afonyon861/
Affagnon801,100/
Afangnon8043/
Hgafonon801/
Affonnon801/
Afanon7711/
Affangnon7562/
Afagnihoun7194/
Affanon7118/
Afonyan716/
Affagnihoun67165/
Afangnihoun6729/
Afanotin6725/
Afahanon679/
Afonasin677/
Afonasyn671/
Afganian671/
Gafounan671/

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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 Afognon
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