Afore Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Afore Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| Iran | 81 | 1:947,932 | 44,636 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
Afore (55) may also be a first name.
Afore Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afore Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afore is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Afore.
How Common Is The Last Name Afore? popularity and diffusion
Afore is the 906,170th most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. Afore is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Afore are found; 66 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most widespread first name internationally, held by 55 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 62 percent reside, Delta, where 16 percent reside and Ekiti, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Afore occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 28 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Afore
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