Africanus Surname
Approximately 603 people bear this surname
Africanus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 312 | 1:169,685 | 14,915 |
| Nigeria | 275 | 1:644,155 | 30,300 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Africanus (820) may also be a first name.
Africanus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Africanus Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Africanus is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Africanus? popularity and diffusion
It is the 534,813th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 12,085,482 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Africanus are found; 53 percent are found in East Africa and 52 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 285,396th most numerous first name worldwide, held by 820 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 169,685. In Tanzania Africanus is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 38 percent reside, Manyara Region, where 34 percent reside and Mara Region, where 22 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Africanus is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 46 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africanous | 95 | 14 | / |
| Africanius | 95 | 4 | / |
| Africans | 94 | 8 | / |
| Africaneous | 90 | 1 | / |
| Afrikanus | 89 | 19 | / |
| Africanos | 89 | 10 | / |
| Africanas | 89 | 3 | / |
| Afirikanus | 84 | 1 | / |
| Afrecanous | 84 | 1 | / |
| Africanoss | 84 | 1 | / |
| Afrikanous | 84 | 1 | / |
| Africanz | 82 | 1 | / |
| Afrikenus | 78 | 4 | / |
| Afrikaans | 78 | 2 | / |
| Afrikanos | 78 | 2 | / |
| Afari-Aikins | 67 | 284 | / |
| Aforkansi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Oforcansi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afrikenos | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awforkansi | 63 | 15 | / |
| Afforkansi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Averkins | 59 | 4 | / |
| Aferknis | 59 | 4 | / |
| Oforkansi | 56 | 1,005 | / |
| Oforkanis | 56 | 2 | / |
| Offorkansi | 53 | 320 | / |
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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 Africanus
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