Afua Surname

66,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Ghana

Afua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo4,9121:15,0411,874
Ghana2,4251:11,1431,489
Uganda701:557,70430,541
Nigeria551:3,220,77797,902
Cameroon191:1,093,10967,608
Papua New Guinea191:429,14355,452
United States141:25,889,924709,614
England121:4,643,172139,951
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Afua (21,388) may also be a first name.

Afua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afua (Hindi: अफूआ, Oriya: ଅଫୁଆ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afua? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 66,175th most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 967,031 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afua are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 35,961st most widespread forename internationally. It is borne by 21,388 people.

Afua is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 4,912 people, or 1 in 15,041. Other than The DR Congo it exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 32 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Afua Last Name Statistics demography

Afua earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.16% less than the national average, earning $37,469 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gafua8934/
Ahfua8916/
Affua897/
Afuad892/
Hafua892/
Apfua891/
Afwua891/
Afuoa891/
Afuat891/
Afuae891/
Asfuah8014/
Haufua8014/
Asfuad8011/
Affuad807/
Aifwua801/
Gapfua801/
Gafuah801/
Abua7510,618/
Efua751,552/
Ofua75403/
Avua75335/
Afwa75308/
Afuo7535/
Afouhat7310/
Gaffuay730/
Gavua67494/
Afwah67241/
Afwat67158/
Afuoh67144/
Afwaj6723/
Ofuah6719/
Abuaa6719/
Aybua6713/
Abhua6712/
Awhua679/
Habua679/
Afwas677/
Aibua675/
Avuha674/
Effua674/
Offua674/
Afwai672/
Abuea672/
Abuaj672/
Afuoj671/
Uifua671/
Aavua671/
Ofuoa671/
Avuah671/
Abuay671/
Asfwa671/
Ofuas671/
Hefua671/
Hafuo671/
Afway671/
Afwaa671/
Affuo671/
Eabua671/
Eifua671/

Afua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afua in the Oriya language
ଅଫୁଆaphu'a66.67
ଆଫୁଆaphu'a33.33
Afua in the Hindi language
अफूआaphu'a50
अफुआaphu'a50

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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 Afua
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