Afufa Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Afufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458

Afufa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afufa is found most in The DR Congo. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afufa.

How Common Is The Last Name Afufa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Afufa are found; 64 percent are found in Central Africa and 64 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 3,518,075. Other than The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afufah9134/
Afoufa9128/
Asfufa9120/
Hafufa911/
Afifa807,951/
Efufa80206/
Ofufa803/
Afufe802/
Afifah7326,573/
Hafifa73221/
Affifa73205/
Afiffa7343/
Aafifa732/
Afoufi731/
Hafifah672,084/
Afoufou671,080/
Affifah67143/
Afifahh6741/
Afiffah6718/
Afiefah6715/
A'Fifah671/
Aafifah671/
Afieffa671/
Aifoufi671/

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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 Afufa
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