Agafia Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Agafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Agafia (5,802) may also be a first name.
Agafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Agafia is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Agafia? popularity and diffusion
Agafia is the 7,117,718th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Agafia reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 87,568th most common forename throughout the world. It is borne by 5,802 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 14 percent are found and Scotland, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Agafia
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