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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Africs.

How Common Is The Last Name Africs? popularity and diffusion

The surname Africs is the 7,117,718th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Africs occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Africs live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Africs is most common in: Lagos, where 80 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 14 percent reside and South Africa, where 14 percent reside.

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
  • 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 Africs
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