Afoya Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Afoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 89 | 1:91,615 | 12,219 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Benin | 29 | 1:356,400 | 27,355 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afoya (24) may also be a first name.
Afoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afoya is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afoya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afoya is the 1,257,535th most frequently held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 50 percent of Afoya reside; 49 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 49 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Afoya is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 24 people.
The last name Afoya is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 89 people, or 1 in 91,615. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 98 percent live, National Capital District, where 1 percent live and West Sepik, where 1 percent live. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 19 percent live and Benin, where 16 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 Afoya
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