Afoumba Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Afoumba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 241 | 1:86,179 | 10,438 |
| Congo | 55 | 1:90,711 | 7,856 |
Afoumba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afoumba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afoumba occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Afoumba.
How Common Is The Last Name Afoumba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afoumba is the 902,012th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afoumba are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 241 people, or 1 in 86,179. In Cameroon Afoumba is most prevalent in: South Region, where 59 percent reside and Centre Region, where 41 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon it exists in one country. It is also common in The Congo, where 19 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afumba | 92 | 763 | / |
| Afomba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Afoumbi | 86 | 696 | / |
| Gafumba | 86 | 15 | / |
| Afoumbe | 86 | 10 | / |
| Afoumbou | 80 | 89 | / |
| Affoumbi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afutemba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afosimba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afamba | 77 | 328 | / |
| Ofomba | 77 | 144 | / |
| Afombo | 77 | 131 | / |
| Afombe | 77 | 56 | / |
| Afombi | 77 | 29 | / |
| Afumbe | 77 | 22 | / |
| Ofumba | 77 | 16 | / |
| Afumva | 77 | 4 | / |
| Afumbo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Afumbi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Affoumbou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Afoombo | 71 | 62 | / |
| Ofoumbe | 71 | 20 | / |
| Hafamba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Afumbeh | 71 | 4 | / |
| Afaimba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ofuomba | 71 | 3 | / |
| Afomboh | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gafumbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ofombah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Afounwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afumwaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Affumwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afombeh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afumber | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gafumwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ofoemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Offomba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afatimba | 67 | 190 | / |
| Afosemwa | 67 | 130 | / |
| Afayamba | 67 | 96 | / |
| Afasimba | 67 | 96 | / |
| Ofojimba | 67 | 26 | / |
| Affumwaa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Afoumba
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