Afwah Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Afwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 238 | 1:555,669 | 44,719 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Afwah (326) may also be a first name.
Afwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afwah occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afwah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,041,601st most commonly held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Afwah live; 99 percent live in Southeast Asia and 99 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Afwah is also the 485,722nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 326 people.
The surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is held by 238 people, or 1 in 555,669. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Central Java, where 55 percent reside, East Java, where 29 percent reside and West Nusa Tenggara, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 0 percent reside and Nigeria, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Afwah
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