African Surname
Approximately 539 people bear this surname
African Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 504 | 1:105,043 | 10,238 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 27 | 1:1,859,951 | 94,590 |
African (412) may also be a first name.
African Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name African Come From? nationality or country of origin
African is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name African? popularity and diffusion
The last name African is the 582,011th most frequent family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,520,493 people. The last name African occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of African live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. African is also the 423,803rd most prevalent forename globally It is held by 412 people.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 504 people, or 1 in 105,043. In Tanzania African is most frequent in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 59 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 19 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 16 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africain | 93 | 55 | / |
| Africian | 93 | 2 | / |
| Africaine | 88 | 193 | / |
| Affricain | 88 | 10 | / |
| Afrisan | 86 | 82 | / |
| Afrizan | 86 | 65 | / |
| Afrikan | 86 | 14 | / |
| Afrijan | 86 | 10 | / |
| Africon | 86 | 6 | / |
| Afrecan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Afrikaan | 80 | 29 | / |
| Afrikhan | 80 | 8 | / |
| Afrikang | 80 | 4 | / |
| Afrikane | 80 | 2 | / |
| Africien | 80 | 1 | / |
| Affrizan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gafrikhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Afrizon | 71 | 578 | / |
| Afrikanova | 71 | 136 | / |
| Afrison | 71 | 92 | / |
| Afrizanova | 71 | 50 | / |
| Afrijon | 71 | 21 | / |
| Afrizen | 71 | 15 | / |
| Africom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afrojkhan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Afrizonova | 59 | 108 | / |
| Afrykanova | 59 | 26 | / |
| Afreedkhan | 59 | 2 | / |
| Afrezon | 57 | 4 | / |
| Aafreedkhan | 56 | 1 | / |
| Afredson | 53 | 1 | / |
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African Reference & Research
Magruders_Afr._Am. FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 African
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis