Afowowe Surname
Approximately 838 people bear this surname
Afowowe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 824 | 1:214,979 | 12,767 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Afowowe (27) may also be a first name.
Afowowe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afowowe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afowowe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afowowe? popularity and diffusion
Afowowe is the 415,385th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,696,356 people. The last name Afowowe is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Afowowe reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most commonly occurring forename world-wide, borne by 27 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 824 people, or 1 in 214,979. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 59 percent reside, Lagos, where 12 percent reside and Ondo, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afowow | 92 | 5 | / |
| Afoowe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Afowowa | 86 | 5 | / |
| Afowowo | 86 | 4 | / |
| Afowowu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ofowowe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Afowe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Afowo | 83 | 9 | / |
| Afioowei | 80 | 1 | / |
| Affowo | 77 | 16 | / |
| Afiowo | 77 | 8 | / |
| Owovwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afoewe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afoaoe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afooei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afowue | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afowou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iyafowowo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Afoe | 73 | 108 | / |
| Afoo | 73 | 30 | / |
| Afwe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Afiaowo | 71 | 103 | / |
| Afowoyo | 71 | 13 | / |
| Awofowe | 71 | 5 | / |
| Afowoja | 71 | 2 | / |
| Affouwo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afaowei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afououe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ofowewe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Affowou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awofe | 67 | 259 | / |
| Afouo | 67 | 115 | / |
| Ifowe | 67 | 104 | / |
| Afewe | 67 | 93 | / |
| Afoyo | 67 | 91 | / |
| Afuwo | 67 | 44 | / |
| Affoe | 67 | 38 | / |
| Afoye | 67 | 32 | / |
| Afiaowei | 67 | 31 | / |
| Affoo | 67 | 26 | / |
| Afawo | 67 | 22 | / |
| Afoue | 67 | 11 | / |
| Yafoo | 67 | 8 | / |
| Affiaowo | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eyafowho | 67 | 6 | / |
| Afo'o | 67 | 6 | / |
| Afowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ofowo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Owove | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ahfoo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yafoe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afuwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ofowe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aoove | 67 | 2 | / |
| Owofe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aifoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affewoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awwev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Efwwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afiaoowo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afiawoie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afowu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aifwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afaoe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afewo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Efowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awove | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiyowofe | 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 Afowowe
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