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
Afuya is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afuya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most commonly held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Afuya reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 52 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.
The last name Afuya is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 563,170. In Kenya it is most common in: Vihiga County, where 83 percent are found, Busia County, where 11 percent are found and Kakamega County, where 5 percent are found. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 35 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.
Afuya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying 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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