Afouna Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Afouna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Palestine | 5 | 1:909,770 | 15,190 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
Afouna (14) may also be a first name.
Afouna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afouna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afouna is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afouna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Afouna reside; 39 percent reside in Central Africa and 39 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Afouna is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name internationally, borne by 14 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 82 percent live and Far North Region, where 18 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 18 percent live and Egypt, where 14 percent live.
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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 Afouna
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