Afuya Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Afuya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 82 | 1:563,170 | 26,996 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Afuya (31) may also be a first name.
Afuya Demographics
Afuya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Afuya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afuya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afuya is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afuya is the 1,434,893rd most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Afuya live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Afuya is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 31 people.
The last name Afuya is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 563,170. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Vihiga County, where 83 percent live, Busia County, where 11 percent live and Kakamega County, where 5 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
Afuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Afuya
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