Afori Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Afori Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 121 | 1:1,463,990 | 56,236 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Afori (80) may also be a first name.
Afori Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afori Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afori occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afori? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,453,389th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 49,575,142 people. The surname Afori occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Afori reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,075,395th most prevalent first name globally It is held by 80 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 1,463,990. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 73 percent are found, Oyo, where 19 percent are found and Ekiti, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 6 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Afori
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