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 borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Agafia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Agafia? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Agafia reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agafia is also the 87,568th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 5,802 people.
The last name Agafia is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 14 percent live and Scotland, where 14 percent live.
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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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