Aphia Surname
Approximately 517 people bear this surname
Aphia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 373 | 1:474,914 | 23,911 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Aphia (1,944) may also be a first name.
Aphia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aphia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aphia (Oriya: ଆଫିଆ) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aphia? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 601,015th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 14,095,833 people. The surname Aphia is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Aphia live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aphia is also the 171,950th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 1,944 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 373 people, or 1 in 474,914. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 71 percent are found, Rivers, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 25 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aphia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aphia in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆଫିଆ | aphi'a | - |
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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 Aphia
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