Afomo Surname

1,129,067th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Afomo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afomo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2111:98,43211,665
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Afomo Last Name Facts

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

Afomo is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Afomo.

How Common Is The Last Name Afomo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,129,067th most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,053,953 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afomo are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 63 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 98,432. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 49 percent are found, South Region, where 42 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affomo917/
Afoumo913/
Afoumou83181/
Afoma80211/
Ofomo8067/
Afamo8019/
Efomo8010/
Afumo807/
Afemo803/
Affoumou77560/
Afouma73167/
Afamoh7335/
Aphomo7316/
Ofuomo7311/
Afosma736/
Aufemo735/
Afeumo734/
Ofomoh734/
Afamou733/
Afomaa731/
Afomma731/
Afuoma731/
Hafumo731/
Adfamo731/
Afemoh731/
Affoma731/
Efoumo731/
Ofomoi731/
Adfamou6766/
Ofoumou6724/
Apfouma6716/
Offomou673/
Affouma672/
Aufeumo671/
Hapfumo671/
Efoumou671/
Affomaï671/
Adfamoi671/
Hafouma671/
Hafotma671/

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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 Afomo
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