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 last name Afola occurs more in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afola? popularity and diffusion
Afola is the 341,330th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,772,812 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afola reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly held given name in the world, borne by 32 people.
This last name is most widespread in Togo, where it is held by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Barring Togo this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Sweden, where 1 percent reside.
Afola Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name 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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