Afuma Surname
Approximately 631 people bear this surname
Afuma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Cameroon | 205 | 1:101,313 | 11,968 |
| Kenya | 77 | 1:599,739 | 28,092 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Afuma (39) may also be a first name.
Afuma Demographics
Afuma Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Afuma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afuma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afuma occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afuma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afuma is the 516,587th most widespread family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,549,201 people. The last name Afuma occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Afuma live; 74 percent live in Central Africa and 74 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Afuma is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 39 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 260 people, or 1 in 284,152. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 32 percent reside and Kenya, where 12 percent reside.
Afuma Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Afuma surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afouma | 91 | 167 | / |
| Gafuma | 91 | 16 | / |
| Afumah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Aifuma | 91 | 2 | / |
| Afumaa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Asfuma | 91 | 1 | / |
| Apfouma | 83 | 16 | / |
| Affouma | 83 | 2 | / |
| Hafouma | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afoma | 80 | 211 | / |
| Ofuma | 80 | 123 | / |
| Efuma | 80 | 35 | / |
| Afima | 80 | 13 | / |
| Afume | 80 | 8 | / |
| Afumo | 80 | 7 | / |
| Afumi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ofouma | 73 | 95 | / |
| Ofumah | 73 | 26 | / |
| Afeumo | 73 | 4 | / |
| Afimah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Afoumi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Afoumo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Affoma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hofuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afimea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afhima | 73 | 1 | / |
| Affume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afimaï | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afoume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hafumo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afomai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afomma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afomaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gofuma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hafima | 73 | 1 | / |
| Afoumou | 67 | 181 | / |
| Affomai | 67 | 35 | / |
| Opfouma | 67 | 9 | / |
| Affoume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aufeumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Effouma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afoumey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hapfumo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afhimai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affomaï | 67 | 1 | / |
| Affomaî | 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 Afuma
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