Afro Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afro Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afro Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2861:619,38029,421
Ivory Coast321:720,97619,991
Indonesia181:7,347,177303,310
France131:5,109,440259,941
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
India71:109,580,769786,157
Pakistan31:59,547,962132,569
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828

Afro (2,637) may also be a first name.

Afro Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afro (Hindi: अफरो, Russian: Афро) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afro? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afro is the 738,530th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 18,638,225 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Afro live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afro is also the 143,013th most common first name world-wide It is held by 2,637 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 619,380. In Nigeria Afro is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 57 percent are found, Cross River, where 13 percent are found and Delta, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found and Indonesia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afroz89104,050/
Afroj8928,365/
Afros89960/
Affro89921/
Afroh89115/
Afroi894/
Afrou894/
Aefro893/
Afrot892/
Hafro891/
Afroy891/
Afrod891/
Afrro891/
Apfro891/
Aafro891/
Afrzo891/
Afrooz807,755/
Afrouz804,661/
Afrozz80361/
Afrouh80165/
Aafroj8078/
Aufroy8063/
Affroh8027/
Afrooj8016/
Aafroz8014/
Afrooy8013/
Affrou8011/
Affroj8010/
Affroz807/
Afrout805/
Afhroz805/
Afroud804/
Gafroh804/
Afrosh803/
Afrous803/
Afroos803/
Afrohj803/
Affros803/
Afroch802/
Afrodh801/
Afrojz801/
Hafroj801/
Asfroj801/
Afross801/
Hatfro800/
Afra759,824/
Efro7510/
Ofro757/
Afroosh73170/
Gaufroy7358/
Auffroy7335/
Afrouch734/
Hafroud732/
Afrouss731/
Aufrodt731/
Hafrout731/
Affrooz731/
Afroudh731/
Affrood730/
Afrah679,248/
Afraz677,891/
Afrad677,145/
Afras671,033/
Affra67137/
Gauffroy67111/
Haufroid6782/
Hafra6753/
Afrat6735/
Gafra6733/
Audfroid6722/
Aphro6712/
Afraa678/
Offro677/
Afreu676/
Ofroz673/
Hefro672/
Ofroy672/
Aafra672/
Afrha672/
Aufrocht671/
Afrra671/
Effro671/
Azfra671/
Ofroh671/
Hafroosh671/
Efroh671/
Aifra671/
Gauffroi670/
Gofro670/
Ashfroth670/

Afro Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afro in the Hindi language
अफरोapharo-
Afro in the Russian language
Афроafro-

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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 Afro
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