Africana Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Africana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 1:88,712 | 2,936 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Africana (132) may also be a first name.
Africana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Africana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Africana has its highest incidence in Colombia. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Africana? popularity and diffusion
Africana is the 2,979,664th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Africana occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Africana are found; 19 percent are found in South America and 14 percent are found in Iberian Europe. It is also the 807,735th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 132 people.
Africana is most numerous in Colombia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 7,962,345. In Colombia it is most common in: Atlántico Department, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Colombia this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africanas | 94 | 3 | / |
| Africano | 88 | 14,308 | / |
| Africani | 88 | 72 | / |
| Afrikana | 88 | 49 | / |
| Africany | 88 | 2 | / |
| Africaine | 82 | 193 | / |
| Affricani | 82 | 108 | / |
| Affricano | 82 | 33 | / |
| Africanos | 82 | 10 | / |
| Africhani | 82 | 6 | / |
| Africaner | 82 | 6 | / |
| Africiano | 82 | 1 | / |
| Africanous | 78 | 14 | / |
| Africanoss | 78 | 1 | / |
| Afrikano | 75 | 32 | / |
| Afrikani | 75 | 21 | / |
| Afrizona | 75 | 9 | / |
| Afrecano | 75 | 5 | / |
| Afrikane | 75 | 2 | / |
| Affrecano | 71 | 4 | / |
| Afrikanie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afrikhani | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afrikaaner | 67 | 41 | / |
| Afrikanych | 67 | 7 | / |
| Afrikanner | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afreikaner | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afrecanous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afrikanous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afrekano | 63 | 153 | / |
| Afrizoni | 63 | 5 | / |
| Ofreciano | 59 | 40 | / |
| Eufrisona | 59 | 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
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- 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 Africana
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