Afonje Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Afonje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Afonje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afonje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afonje is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Afonje.
How Common Is The Last Name Afonje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afonje live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Afonje is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 75 percent live and Lagos, where 25 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Afonje occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent live.
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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 Afonje
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