Afuga Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Afuga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 122 | 1:1,451,990 | 55,913 |
| Solomon Islands | 78 | 1:7,436 | 1,165 |
| Uganda | 78 | 1:500,504 | 28,682 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Afuga (13) may also be a first name.
Afuga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afuga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afuga is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afuga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 940,398th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Afuga reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afuga is also the 3,159,357th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 13 people.
The surname Afuga is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 1,451,990. In Nigeria Afuga is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 85 percent live, Rivers, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 5 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 28 percent live and Uganda, where 28 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afunga | 91 | 6 | / |
| Afouga | 91 | 2 | / |
| Afuuga | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gafuga | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hafuga | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afaunga | 83 | 2 | / |
| Afounga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afiga | 80 | 509 | / |
| Ofuga | 80 | 37 | / |
| Afuge | 80 | 28 | / |
| Afoga | 80 | 20 | / |
| Afugo | 80 | 17 | / |
| Efuga | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ofunga | 73 | 119 | / |
| Ofugha | 73 | 37 | / |
| Efugha | 73 | 37 | / |
| Afougo | 73 | 12 | / |
| Afigah | 73 | 5 | / |
| Hafiga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ofouga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afogah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afungi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hafoga | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afugeh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afungo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ofounga | 67 | 194 | / |
| Hafungi | 67 | 35 | / |
| Afiegha | 67 | 22 | / |
| Afougou | 67 | 8 | / |
| Afoughe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Offouga | 67 | 4 | / |
| Effauga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afeugui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afungeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afougui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afougoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afougie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hofunga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afoghah | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Afuga
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