Afumbe Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Afumbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Afumbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afumbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afumbe is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afumbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Afumbe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Afumbe live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 20 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Afumbe is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 18 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afoumbe | 92 | 10 | / |
| Afumbeh | 92 | 4 | / |
| Gafumbe | 92 | 2 | / |
| Afumber | 92 | 1 | / |
| Afumba | 83 | 763 | / |
| Afombe | 83 | 56 | / |
| Ofumbe | 83 | 35 | / |
| Efumbe | 83 | 20 | / |
| Afumbi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Affuembey | 80 | 18 | / |
| Afoumbi | 77 | 696 | / |
| Afoumba | 77 | 296 | / |
| Effumbe | 77 | 37 | / |
| Ofoumbe | 77 | 20 | / |
| Afombeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Efumbeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Affoumbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Efumbi | 67 | 1,201 | / |
| Ofumbi | 67 | 1,031 | / |
| Efimbe | 67 | 38 | / |
| Afombi | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ofumba | 67 | 16 | / |
| Afumva | 67 | 4 | / |
| Afonue | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afomba | 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
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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 Afumbe
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