Amafe Surname
Approximately 451 people bear this surname
Amafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 214 | 1:107,809 | 5,491 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 41 | 1:198,871 | 27,541 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
The alternate forms: Amafé (1) are calculated separately.
Amafe (98) may also be a first name.
Amafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amafe is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It can occur as: Amafé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amafe? popularity and diffusion
Amafe is the 664,903rd most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 16,158,638 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Amafe live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 98 people.
The last name Amafe is most commonly held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 107,809. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily found in: Lagunes District, where 54 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent reside and Comoé District, where 14 percent reside. Barring The Ivory Coast Amafe is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and Nigeria, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amafé | 93 | 1 | / |
| Amaffe | 91 | 196 | / |
| Amaife | 91 | 137 | / |
| Amafie | 91 | 87 | / |
| Amafeu | 91 | 17 | / |
| Amafet | 91 | 8 | / |
| Amaefe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Amafei | 91 | 1 | / |
| Amaf | 89 | 19 | / |
| Amaaife | 83 | 3 | / |
| Amaffee | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amaefie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amafihe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amafa | 80 | 331 | / |
| Amafi | 80 | 161 | / |
| Ahmaf | 80 | 53 | / |
| Emafe | 80 | 49 | / |
| Amofe | 80 | 43 | / |
| Hamaf | 80 | 37 | / |
| Omafe | 80 | 33 | / |
| Amefe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Amife | 80 | 6 | / |
| Aamaf | 80 | 5 | / |
| Amadf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ammaf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Amafh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Amafs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amatf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amafp | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amafy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amaaf | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amajafer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hasmafer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gamauf | 73 | 843 | / |
| Amaffi | 73 | 169 | / |
| Amaphe | 73 | 48 | / |
| Hamafi | 73 | 20 | / |
| Amoefe | 73 | 12 | / |
| Hammaf | 73 | 12 | / |
| Omaife | 73 | 12 | / |
| Amafai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Amafaa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Hajmaf | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ahamaf | 73 | 3 | / |
| Amiefe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Amafio | 73 | 2 | / |
| Amuofe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eamafi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amaifa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amahaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amofet | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amaafi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Emaefe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amafis | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amaveh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hamadf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oumafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amafui | 73 | 1 | / |
| Emmafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amowfe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amafht | 73 | 1 | / |
| Emaife | 73 | 1 | / |
| Amaphep | 67 | 114 | / |
| Amhofer | 67 | 80 | / |
| Amof | 67 | 63 | / |
| Amab | 67 | 33 | / |
| Amaw | 67 | 10 | / |
| Ahamadf | 67 | 9 | / |
| Omaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hammadf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amav | 67 | 2 | / |
| Omojafe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amayefa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ameifey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omaifie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amawfio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amouffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asmaafh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amiefey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haimaff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamadfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gammauf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gamafai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahamaif | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amayifi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Amafe
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