Afortu Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Afortu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Afortu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afortu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afortu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afortu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,206,983rd most widely held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Afortu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Afortu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 5 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 Afortu
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