Afora Surname
Approximately 565 people bear this surname
Afora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 535 | 1:19,319 | 2,581 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Afora (26) may also be a first name.
Afora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afora Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afora (Russian: Афора) is most common in Benin. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Afora click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 561,353rd most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,898,311 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afora are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afora is also the 2,084,397th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 26 people.
Afora is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 535 people, or 1 in 19,319. In Benin Afora is most numerous in: Collines Department, where 73 percent reside, Zou Department, where 8 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 5 percent reside. Other than Benin this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afora in the Russian language | ||
| Афора | afora | - |
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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 Afora
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