Afom Surname

1,038,570th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Afom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2061:100,82111,910
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Afom (28) may also be a first name.

Afom Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afom is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afom? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,038,570th most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afom are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 83 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held given name at a global level. It is borne by 28 people.

The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 206 people, or 1 in 100,821. In Cameroon Afom is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 76 percent are found, Centre Region, where 20 percent are found and East Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afome89223/
Afoum8932/
Afoom8913/
Affom895/
Afomg891/
Asfom891/
Adfom891/
Affoum80249/
Affomd801/
Adfoum801/
Afoume801/
Afomme801/
Afoime801/
Haffom800/
Afam753,694/
Afum752,697/
Afon75907/
Ofom7570/
Efom7546/
Affoume733/
Affum6710,373/
Afham67590/
Affam67399/
Afong67387/
Afoun67372/
Gafon67236/
Affon67234/
Afoon6756/
Afame6738/
Effom6733/
Hafon6730/
Afont6727/
Afone6722/
Aifon6720/
Afoin6717/
Aïfon6712/
Hafam6712/
Afume678/
Asfam676/
Eafon676/
Adfam675/
Afaam675/
Afgon674/
Afamg673/
Aafam673/
Ofome672/
Offom672/
Ofoim671/
Afgum671/
Azfon671/
Afaum671/
Aufam671/
Asfon671/
Ayfon671/
Aafon671/
Afuon671/

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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 Afom
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