Afwande Surname
Approximately 948 people bear this surname
Afwande Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 944 | 1:48,919 | 4,997 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afwande (90) may also be a first name.
Afwande Demographics
Afwande Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Afwande Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afwande Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afwande occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afwande? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afwande is the 377,044th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,687,285 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Afwande reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Afwande is also the 1,005,046th most frequently held forename world-wide It is held by 90 people.
The last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 944 people, or 1 in 48,919. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 42 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 23 percent reside and Busia County, where 17 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Afwande occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent reside and Tanzania, where 0 percent reside.
Afwande Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Afwande last name is chiefly 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 Afwande
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