Afonne Surname
Approximately 946 people bear this surname
Afonne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 936 | 1:189,255 | 11,482 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afonne (112) may also be a first name.
Afonne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afonne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afonne is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of Afonne click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afonne? popularity and diffusion
It is the 377,677th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 7,703,537 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afonne live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afonne is also the 885,979th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, borne by 112 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 936 people, or 1 in 189,255. In Nigeria Afonne is most numerous in: Abia, where 61 percent live, Lagos, where 10 percent live and Rivers, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria Afonne exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Belize, where 0 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 Afonne
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