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
Afonje is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afonje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Afonje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afonje are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Afonje is most frequent 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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