Afosi Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Afosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 115 | 1:1,540,372 | 58,295 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afosi is most common in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afosi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,666,404th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 61,239,882 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afosi live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Afosi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria Afosi is most frequent in: Ogun, where 46 percent are found, Oyo, where 24 percent are found and Osun, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria Afosi is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and Benin, where 1 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 Afosi
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