Afongang Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Afongang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 115 | 1:180,601 | 19,028 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Afongang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afongang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afongang occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afongang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,691,963rd most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afongang live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 115 people, or 1 in 180,601. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 56 percent reside, Centre Region, where 21 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afoungang | 94 | 2 | / |
| Afohngang | 94 | 1 | / |
| Afungang | 88 | 41 | / |
| Afangang | 88 | 3 | / |
| Afongong | 88 | 2 | / |
| Afougang | 88 | 1 | / |
| Affungang | 82 | 1 | / |
| Afangan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Afanang | 80 | 2 | / |
| Afuhnghang | 78 | 2 | / |
| Offongan | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ofonghan | 75 | 3 | / |
| Afangane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Affongon | 75 | 1 | / |
| Affanganh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afahanang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afogong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afungong | 63 | 10 | / |
| Afangong | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ofongham | 63 | 1 | / |
| Houfangan | 59 | 1 | / |
| Aafungong | 59 | 1 | / |
| Afoungoum | 59 | 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 Afongang
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