Aphonsus Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Aphonsus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aphonsus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria391:4,542,122122,724
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Aphonsus (89) may also be a first name.

Aphonsus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Aphonsus occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Aphonsus.

How Common Is The Last Name Aphonsus? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,017,195th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Aphonsus occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Aphonsus are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aphonsus is also the 1,011,231st most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 89 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 51 percent reside, Cross River, where 28 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 2 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aiphonsus9415/
Adphonsus943/
Haphonsus941/
Aphonsius941/
Aphonsu931/
Aponsu862,798/
Aiphonsos821/
Afonsus806/
Haphonchus781/
Haponsup7511/
Ephensus754/
Afonsu7112/
Apansu714/
Afonsos674/
Apansou671/
Apondjou632/
Apanjau533/
Afansou533/
Afonsoo532/
Apandju531/
Ofonnsu531/
Afounjou501/

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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 Aphonsus
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