Amafela Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Amafela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Amafela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amafela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amafela is most common in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amafela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,141,416th most widely held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amafela live; 79 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Amafela is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 669,970. In Cameroon Amafela is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 97 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaefela | 93 | 3 | / |
| Amaefeula | 88 | 1 | / |
| Amafala | 86 | 3 | / |
| Amafele | 86 | 2 | / |
| Amafila | 86 | 1 | / |
| Amaefila | 80 | 3 | / |
| Amafeule | 80 | 1 | / |
| Emafiela | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ahamefela | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ahamafala | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amafili | 71 | 57 | / |
| Omofela | 71 | 10 | / |
| Amefila | 71 | 3 | / |
| Emefela | 71 | 2 | / |
| Amefola | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ahamefeula | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omafele | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amavilah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emefiela | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asmafiliz | 63 | 29 | / |
| Ahamefila | 63 | 3 | / |
| Ahamefala | 63 | 2 | / |
| Omofele | 57 | 21 | / |
| Omofola | 57 | 17 | / |
| Ameifolo | 53 | 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 Amafela
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