Afulani Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Afulani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afulani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afulani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afulani occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afulani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afulani is the 937,786th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. Afulani is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Afulani reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Ghana, where it is borne by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Not including Ghana this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Afulani
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