Afrifa Surname

37,552nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,023 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Afrifa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afrifa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana13,7161:1,970326
United States1041:3,485,182196,218
England911:612,28636,401
Canada321:1,151,42583,867
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Northern Ireland31:615,01218,081
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Afrifa (1,313) may also be a first name.

Afrifa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afrifa occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Afrifa.

How Common Is The Last Name Afrifa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 37,552nd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 519,685 people. The last name Afrifa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afrifa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afrifa is also the 216,974th most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 1,313 people.

This surname is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 13,716 people, or 1 in 1,970. Outside of Ghana Afrifa is found in 26 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Afrifa Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Afrifa are 39.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.86% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Afrifa earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 1.16% less than the national average, earning $42,650 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.35% less than the national average, earning $40,565 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afrifah921,087/
Afirifa921/
Affrifa921/
Afrif9111/
Afarifah861/
Afrifi833/
Afrife831/
Afrefa831/
Afrofa831/
Afrief831/
Afarfa831/
Afrieva7723/
Aferafa771/
Aferefa771/
Afarafa771/
Afraf7383/
Afrof733/
Ifrif731/
Iafreffa716/
Afriyova711/
Afourafa711/
Yafurufa711/
Afrifoot711/
Afravi673,927/
Efrife6764/
Afrafi6734/
Afrova6717/
Afriev6717/
Afhraf677/
Afarof676/
Efwrif675/
Aafriv673/
Afaraf673/
Afrivi672/
Afrava671/
Aafarf671/
Aferof671/
Afariv671/
Afarefaie671/
Afarav671/
Oforfa671/
Afravy671/
Aferuf671/
Ahfirf671/

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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 Afrifa
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