Africs Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Peru

Africs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Africs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Africs Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Africs Come From? nationality or country of origin

Africs is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Africs? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Africs reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Africs is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Africs is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 80 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Africs is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 14 percent live and South Africa, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afric9183/
Africk83159/
Africh83130/
Gafric8316/
Afrits8313/
Afriks831/
Gaffric7794/
Hofrics7732/
Gafrick7728/
Afriche771/
Afriecq771/
Afrić73182/
Afrig73157/
Afrik7346/
Ofric7328/
Afriz7311/
Afrič732/
Afrix731/
Afritsch7121/
Afrikh67158/
Afrigh67146/
Afraiz67125/
Hafriz6719/
Affritsch6712/
Gafrik6711/
Afriek672/
Afrike671/

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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 Africs
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