Afounas Surname

411,457th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 848 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Afounas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afounas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria8251:46,8268,185
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
France21:33,211,361423,184
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Afounas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afounas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Afounas is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Afounas.

How Common Is The Last Name Afounas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 411,457th most frequently used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,593,804 people. The surname Afounas occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afounas reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.

This last name is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is held by 825 people, or 1 in 46,826. In Algeria Afounas is mostly concentrated in: Algiers Province, where 70 percent reside, Chlef Province, where 29 percent reside and Tipasa Province, where 0 percent reside. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 1 percent reside and Morocco, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afounnas933/
Afouna9228/
Hafouna866/
Afoonas861/
Afaunas861/
Afounga861/
Afounah861/
Afunase861/
Afuna83569/
Afona8374/
Affougna802/
Affounah802/
Affounat801/
Afanas77670/
Afoona77390/
Afunay77255/
Gafuna7724/
Afonga7711/
Aifuna779/
Afouno779/
Hafuna776/
Afunga776/
Afonna775/
Afuuna772/
Ofouna772/
Afonha772/
Afoina771/
Afunoa771/
Afonos771/
Afauna771/
Affona771/
Aifona771/
Afohna771/
Afonasova75257/
Affounatt751/
Goufounas751/
Afanase71260/
Ofounga71194/
Gafunga7149/
Afounou719/
Affouno719/
Asfonah716/
Afaunga712/
Afonyoa711/
Ayfoona711/
Afongaa711/
Affogna711/
Afounno711/
Afoungouss711/
Gafonna711/
Hatfona711/
Afana676,189/
Afuno67161/
Ofuna67130/
Afono67103/
Ofona67100/
Afiyonga6768/
Affounou6715/
Offounga675/
Afoungou671/
Afoungoi671/
Goufouna671/
Afounout671/
Ahafonau671/

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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 Afounas
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