Afwa Surname
Approximately 308 people bear this surname
Afwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 289 | 1:457,610 | 37,931 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Afwa (118) may also be a first name.
Afwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afwa is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 876,631st most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 23,660,863 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Afwa are found; 96 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 96 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 859,937th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 118 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 457,610. In Indonesia Afwa is most numerous in: Central Java, where 56 percent are found, East Java, where 30 percent are found and West Java, where 10 percent are found. Barring Indonesia this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afwah | 89 | 241 | / |
| Afwat | 89 | 158 | / |
| Afwaj | 89 | 23 | / |
| Afwas | 89 | 7 | / |
| Afwai | 89 | 2 | / |
| Afway | 89 | 1 | / |
| Asfwa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Afwua | 89 | 1 | / |
| Afwaa | 89 | 1 | / |
| Aifwua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aifwau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afwaad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afua | 75 | 7,536 | / |
| Efwa | 75 | 545 | / |
| Awva | 75 | 33 | / |
| Ofwa | 75 | 14 | / |
| Afwi | 75 | 8 | / |
| Afwe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Hasfwat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gafua | 67 | 34 | / |
| Havwa | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ahfua | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aywba | 67 | 11 | / |
| Abway | 67 | 10 | / |
| Awhua | 67 | 9 | / |
| Affua | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gofwa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Efway | 67 | 3 | / |
| Hafua | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awvah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afuad | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afuat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apfua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aifwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avwad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asfwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awbau | 67 | 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 Afwa
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