Afu Surname
Approximately 4,013 people bear this surname
Afu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,224 | 1:144,724 | 9,224 |
| Tonga | 490 | 1:219 | 41 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Solomon Islands | 393 | 1:1,476 | 88 |
| Indonesia | 308 | 1:429,380 | 36,011 |
| Cameroon | 285 | 1:72,874 | 9,093 |
| Panama | 234 | 1:16,719 | 1,204 |
| United States | 122 | 1:2,970,975 | 173,956 |
| Philippines | 106 | 1:955,078 | 84,086 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 92 | 1:88,627 | 11,768 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 1:110,447 | 14,290 |
| Australia | 30 | 1:899,857 | 54,700 |
| India | 28 | 1:27,395,192 | 354,286 |
| American Samoa | 25 | 1:2,230 | 469 |
| Costa Rica | 7 | 1:682,867 | 5,051 |
| Maldives | 5 | 1:80,834 | 3,218 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
The alternate forms: Afú (2) are calculated separately.
Afu (1,900) may also be a first name.
Afu Demographics
Afu Political Affiliation
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Afu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afu (Hindi: आफू) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Afú. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 115,113th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,815,985 people. Afu is primarily found in Africa, where 52 percent of Afu reside; 43 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afu is also the 174,374th most frequent first name internationally, held by 1,900 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,224 people, or 1 in 144,724. In Nigeria Afu is primarily found in: Cross River, where 62 percent live, Ogun, where 8 percent live and Ebonyi, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 39 countries. It is also found in Tonga, where 12 percent live and Ghana, where 12 percent live.
Afu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Afu surname are 2.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56% being registered to vote for the political party.
Afu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.21% less than the national average, earning $40,468 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afu in the Hindi language | ||
| आफू | aphu | 86.93 |
| आफु | aphu | 12.56 |
| अफ़ू | afu | 0.5 |
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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 Afu
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