Afufu Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afufu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Afufu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1521:1,165,41347,471
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afufu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afufu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Afufu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afufu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afufu is the 1,391,595th most numerous surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. Afufu occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Afufu reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Afufu is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria Afufu is most common in: Cross River, where 77 percent reside, Enugu, where 7 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Afoufou831,080/
Afufuch831/
Efufu8041/
Afifu8012/
Ofufu801/
Affoufou776/
Hofufu733/
Hafifu732/
Oifufu731/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Afufu
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