Afunya Surname
Approximately 766 people bear this surname
Afunya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afunya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afunya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afunya is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afunya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afunya is the 445,430th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 9,513,768 people. The last name Afunya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afunya live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Afunya is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is held by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Not including Ghana this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afunyah | 92 | 6 | / |
| Afonya | 83 | 311 | / |
| Afunia | 83 | 52 | / |
| Afunja | 83 | 41 | / |
| Ofunya | 83 | 26 | / |
| Afungia | 77 | 23 | / |
| Afonyaa | 77 | 18 | / |
| Afonyoa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ofunyaa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ofounya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Affougna | 71 | 2 | / |
| Afonja | 67 | 3,206 | / |
| Ofunja | 67 | 115 | / |
| Ofonya | 67 | 20 | / |
| Afonia | 67 | 15 | / |
| Afunio | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afonyo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ofunyo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hafunjo | 62 | 20 | / |
| Afounjo | 62 | 11 | / |
| Affonja | 62 | 3 | / |
| Ophunya | 62 | 1 | / |
| Afonujha | 57 | 2 | / |
| Afounjou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Afonjá | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ofunjo | 50 | 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 Afunya
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