Afon Surname
Approximately 907 people bear this surname
Afon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 669 | 1:264,787 | 15,152 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| Cameroon | 36 | 1:576,919 | 44,454 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Brazil | 17 | 1:12,592,608 | 246,358 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Cuba | 9 | 1:1,280,302 | 7,343 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 8 | 1:22,178 | 1,188 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
The alternate forms: Afón (1) are calculated separately.
Afon (279) may also be a first name.
Afon Demographics
Average Afon Salary in
United States
$42,701 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Afon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afon (Russian: Афон) is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Afón. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afon? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 390,407th most commonly occurring last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 8,034,781 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Afon reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 531,524th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 279 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 669 people, or 1 in 264,787. In Nigeria Afon is most numerous in: Oyo, where 52 percent live, Delta, where 12 percent live and Plateau, where 6 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent live and Russia, where 4 percent live.
Afon Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Afon surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
Afon earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.04% less than the national average, earning $42,701 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afon in the Russian language | ||
| Афон | afon | - |
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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 Afon
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