Anfani Surname

749,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 383 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anfani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Anfani Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3111:569,59127,605
France321:2,075,710171,237
Niger321:599,75114,963
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Anfani (352) may also be a first name.

Anfani Last Name Facts

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

Anfani is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Anfani.

How Common Is The Last Name Anfani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 749,861st most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 19,027,535 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Anfani reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anfani is also the 464,438th most frequently occurring forename worldwide, borne by 352 people.

The last name Anfani is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 311 people, or 1 in 569,591. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kaduna, where 38 percent live, Adamawa, where 15 percent live and Plateau, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria Anfani is found in 7 countries. It is also found in France, where 8 percent live and Niger, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anfaani921/
Ainfatni861/
Anfana8367/
Anfane8343/
Anfoni8311/
Ounfani773/
Hamfani771/
Anfanne771/
Anfonie771/
Anfonio771/
Anphanit71111/
Ganfouni711/
Amfahani711/
Anpfouni711/
Hanphanit671,919/
Anfone671,412/
Anfony672/
Amfana671/
Onfana671/
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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 Anfani
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