Amafi Surname

1,369,340th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 161 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Amafi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amafi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1111:207,8498,785
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Amafi (203) may also be a first name.

Amafi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amafi (Hindi: अमाफी) is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Amafi? popularity and diffusion

Amafi is the 1,369,340th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 45,264,260 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Amafi live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 635,584th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 203 people.

Amafi is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 207,849. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Lagunes District, where 88 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 1 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amaffi91169/
Amafie9187/
Hamafi9120/
Amafai914/
Amafio912/
Eamafi911/
Amafui911/
Amafei911/
Amafis911/
Amaafi911/
Amawfio831/
Amafihe831/
Gamafai831/
Hamadfi831/
Amaefie831/
Amafe80451/
Amafa80331/
Emafi8024/
Amefi8011/
Amofi805/
Amafé801/
Amafy801/
Amaffe73196/
Amaife73137/
Omaefi7335/
Emaffi7322/
Amafeu7317/
Amafet738/
Osmafi735/
Amafaa733/
Amaphi732/
Amaefe731/
Homafi731/
Amaifa731/
Amoffi731/
Amoofi731/
Amoufi731/
Amotfi731/
Amoutfi674/
Amaaife673/
Omaifie671/
Gomafai671/
Gamaphi671/
Amaffee671/
Gamofio671/
Hamodfi671/

Amafi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Amafi in the Hindi language
अमाफीamaphi-

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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 Amafi
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