Afola Surname
Approximately 1,076 people bear this surname
Afola Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Nigeria | 211 | 1:839,539 | 37,032 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Afola (32) may also be a first name.
Afola Demographics
Afola Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Afola Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afola Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afola occurs more in Togo more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afola? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 341,330th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,772,812 people. Afola is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afola live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 32 people.
It is most common in Togo, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Not including Togo this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Afola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Afola surname is principally Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
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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 Afola
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