Afube Surname

1,348,199th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 165 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afube Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afube Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1611:1,100,26645,533
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afube Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afube is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Afube click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afube? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,348,199th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 44,166,945 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afube are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 161 people, or 1 in 1,100,266. In Nigeria Afube is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 39 percent live, Delta, where 20 percent live and Abia, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gafube914/
Afuube912/
Afoube912/
Hafube912/
Gafoube83147/
Gafaube831/
Afuba80105/
Ofube8022/
Afobe805/
Afibe804/
Afubi802/
Afuwe802/
Efube801/
Gafoubei771/
Gafoubea771/
Gaffoube771/
Gapfoube771/
Afouba73747/
Afujue7388/
Ofuebe7355/
Afiebe7330/
Efuibe733/
Ofoube733/
Afubai732/
Afunpe732/
Afuswe732/
Afobea731/
Ayfuba731/
Afowue731/
Aufeuve6714/
Affouba677/
Afououe671/
Aifuwee671/
Aufauve671/
Efuebie671/
Afoubai671/
Gafeuve671/
Gofoube671/
Aifobhe671/

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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 Afube
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