Afonja Surname
Approximately 3,206 people bear this surname
Afonja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,108 | 1:56,996 | 4,289 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| England | 28 | 1:1,989,931 | 78,001 |
| Latvia | 25 | 1:82,002 | 12,055 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
The alternate forms: Afonjá (1) are calculated separately.
Afonja (75) may also be a first name.
Afonja Demographics
Average Afonja Salary in
United States
$40,309 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Afonja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afonja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afonja is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as: Afonjá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afonja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 139,425th most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,273,096 people. The last name Afonja is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Afonja live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 75 people.
Afonja is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,108 people, or 1 in 56,996. In Nigeria Afonja is primarily found in: Oyo, where 62 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Ogun, where 9 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Afonja Last Name Statistics demography
Afonja earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.58% less than the national average, earning $40,309 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afonjá | 94 | 1 | / |
| Affonja | 92 | 3 | / |
| Afojnja | 92 | 3 | / |
| Afonujha | 86 | 2 | / |
| Afonya | 83 | 311 | / |
| Afanja | 83 | 67 | / |
| Afunja | 83 | 41 | / |
| Afonsa | 83 | 26 | / |
| Afonia | 83 | 15 | / |
| Afonje | 83 | 6 | / |
| Afonji | 83 | 5 | / |
| Afonha | 83 | 2 | / |
| Afenja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Efonja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afandja | 77 | 274 | / |
| Afonyaa | 77 | 18 | / |
| Affonsa | 77 | 14 | / |
| Afounjo | 77 | 11 | / |
| Afonsia | 77 | 5 | / |
| Efonjia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Affogna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afondjo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afonyoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afonssa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afanjah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Affonca | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afoncha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Affandja | 71 | 9 | / |
| Affougna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Afhonsas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afoondjo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afounjou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afonso | 67 | 410,408 | / |
| Afunya | 67 | 766 | / |
| Afonco | 67 | 461 | / |
| Afonge | 67 | 206 | / |
| Afonzo | 67 | 161 | / |
| Ofunja | 67 | 115 | / |
| Afanji | 67 | 64 | / |
| Afunia | 67 | 52 | / |
| Afenia | 67 | 25 | / |
| Efanja | 67 | 24 | / |
| Afanya | 67 | 24 | / |
| Afanza | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ofonya | 67 | 20 | / |
| Afonye | 67 | 19 | / |
| Afansa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Afania | 67 | 9 | / |
| Efonia | 67 | 7 | / |
| Afonço | 67 | 6 | / |
| Afagna | 67 | 5 | / |
| Affanjaya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afanjo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afonyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afunje | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ofanja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofonha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afonie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afanje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofonji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afamja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afogno | 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 Afonja
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