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 occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afoma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,140,742nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. Afoma 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 prevalent first name worldwide, held by 1,083 people.
The last name Afoma is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 872,624. In Nigeria Afoma is most numerous in: Delta, where 39 percent reside, Rivers, where 23 percent reside and Abia, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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