Afune Surname
Approximately 484 people bear this surname
Afune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 206 | 1:224,174 | 15,814 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Afune (14) may also be a first name.
Afune Demographics
Afune Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Afune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afune (Marathi: अफुने) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afune? popularity and diffusion
It is the 631,297th most widely held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 15,056,913 people. The last name Afune occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Afune are found; 43 percent are found in East Africa and 23 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Afune is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 14 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 224,174. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kakamega County, where 48 percent live, Vihiga County, where 46 percent live and Bungoma County, where 4 percent live. Aside from Kenya Afune is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 22 percent live and India, where 19 percent live.
Afune Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Afune last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afune Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afune in the Marathi language | ||
| अफुने | aphune | 38.46 |
| आफुने | aphune | 21.54 |
| आफुणे | aphune | 20 |
| अफुणे | aphune | 12.31 |
| अफूने | aphune | 4.62 |
| अफूणे | aphune | 1.54 |
| आफूने | aphune | 1.54 |
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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 Afune
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