Afure Surname
Approximately 744 people bear this surname
Afure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 737 | 1:240,357 | 13,958 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Afure (519) may also be a first name.
Afure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afure occurs most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afure? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 455,289th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 9,795,089 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afure reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afure is also the 370,800th most common forename internationally. It is borne by 519 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 737 people, or 1 in 240,357. In Nigeria Afure is mostly found in: Delta, where 94 percent are found, Lagos, where 2 percent are found and Ondo, where 1 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Afure
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