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 last name Afouna is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Afouna click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afouna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,730,171st most common last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name occurs mostly 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 frequently occurring given name internationally It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 82 percent reside and Far North Region, where 18 percent reside. Barring Cameroon it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 18 percent reside and Egypt, where 14 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 Afouna
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