Afwoyo Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Afwoyo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afwoyo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda181:2,168,84967,754
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Afwoyo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afwoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Afwoyo has its highest incidence in Uganda. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Afwoyo.

How Common Is The Last Name Afwoyo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,532,898th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Afwoyo reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.

The last name Afwoyo is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 2,168,849. In Uganda Afwoyo is mostly found in: Tororo District, where 61 percent live, Kampala District, where 22 percent live and Masindi District, where 6 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ofwoyo832/
Afwayo831/
Gafweyo771/
Ofwoy732/
Afway731/
Awvoy731/
Afwayi6790/
Afwayy6773/
Abwoyi676/
Ofwayo674/
Ofwoyi672/
Avwoye671/
Gafwey670/

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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 Afwoyo
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