Afonse Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afonse Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afonse Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afonse (13) may also be a first name.

Afonse Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afonse Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Afonse occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afonse? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afonse is the 3,055,934th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Afonse is predominantly found in Africa, where 78 percent of Afonse live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name globally, borne by 13 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 52 percent reside and Lagos, where 48 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and Angola, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afonshe921/
Affonse921/
Afons9113/
Afonsees860/
Afonge83206/
Afonsa8326/
Afonsi8311/
Afonje836/
Affons832/
Afonze832/
Afonsp831/
Afonce831/
Afunse831/
Afoonge7762/
Avonseh7730/
Affonce7730/
Affonsa7714/
Aphonse7711/
Afonsis777/
Affonsi777/
Offonse774/
Afonces771/
Hafunse771/
Afonssa771/
Hayfons771/
Afondje771/
Afans7314/
Afosenge71404/
Afonschi715/
Aiphonse714/
Afonsová712/
Aphonses711/
Afange67417/
Ofonze6776/
Efonce6731/
Afansa6717/
Afonji675/
Afansi674/
Afunje672/
Affans671/
Afongi671/
Afunze671/
Afanje671/
Asfans671/
Affhanser671/

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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
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  • 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 Afonse
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