Afoma Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Afoma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 203 | 1:872,624 | 38,134 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afoma (1,083) may also be a first name.
Afoma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afoma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afoma is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afoma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,140,742nd most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 34,538,132 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Afoma reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afoma is also the 242,643rd most frequent given name globally, held by 1,083 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 203 people, or 1 in 872,624. In Nigeria Afoma is most common in: Delta, where 39 percent live, Rivers, where 23 percent live and Abia, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afouma | 91 | 167 | / |
| Afosma | 91 | 6 | / |
| Affoma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afomai | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afomma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afomaa | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afuoma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Affomai | 83 | 35 | / |
| Apfouma | 83 | 16 | / |
| Affouma | 83 | 2 | / |
| Hafotma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Affomaî | 83 | 1 | / |
| Affomaï | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hafouma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ofoma | 80 | 3,047 | / |
| Afema | 80 | 1,242 | / |
| Afuma | 80 | 631 | / |
| Efoma | 80 | 408 | / |
| Afome | 80 | 223 | / |
| Afomo | 80 | 214 | / |
| Afama | 80 | 121 | / |
| Afomy | 80 | 4 | / |
| Afomi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ofuoma | 73 | 452 | / |
| Affama | 73 | 262 | / |
| Offoma | 73 | 142 | / |
| Afamah | 73 | 138 | / |
| Ofomah | 73 | 135 | / |
| Ofouma | 73 | 95 | / |
| Efomah | 73 | 66 | / |
| Afamai | 73 | 38 | / |
| Efuoma | 73 | 17 | / |
| Gafuma | 73 | 16 | / |
| Afoeme | 73 | 11 | / |
| Afemai | 73 | 10 | / |
| Affomo | 73 | 7 | / |
| Aifomi | 73 | 7 | / |
| Aifama | 73 | 6 | / |
| Aifema | 73 | 6 | / |
| Afatma | 73 | 6 | / |
| Adfama | 73 | 5 | / |
| Afoumi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Asfama | 73 | 4 | / |
| Avomah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Afamga | 73 | 4 | / |
| Hofoma | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ofoima | 73 | 3 | / |
| Afoumo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Afumaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Afumah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ofomma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Afeema | 73 | 2 | / |
| Aifuma | 73 | 2 | / |
| Afamad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afoime | 73 | 1 | / |
| Asfuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ofooma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afamau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Affema | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afemah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afoume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayfama | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afomme | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afoumou | 67 | 181 | / |
| Offomah | 67 | 69 | / |
| Ofomaja | 67 | 49 | / |
| Effomah | 67 | 30 | / |
| Aifamas | 67 | 24 | / |
| Affamah | 67 | 18 | / |
| Aufamau | 67 | 10 | / |
| Opfouma | 67 | 9 | / |
| Affoume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afoumey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofuomaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afomieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Effouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofomath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afammad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaffama | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Afoma
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