Awaffo Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

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

Awaffo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Awaffo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast131:1,774,71034,235
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056

Awaffo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Awaffo is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of Awaffo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Awaffo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,307,654th most frequently held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Awaffo are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Awaffo is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 1,774,710. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Lagunes District, where 92 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 8 percent are found. Other than The Ivory Coast Awaffo exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 38 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Awafo91775/
Awaafo839/
Awaifo831/
Hawafoy772/
Abaffou771/
Abafo7335/
Awafa7311/
Ewafo731/
Owaifo6723/
Ewaifo6715/
Aboffo6713/
Auwofo679/
Abafou677/
Ewafoh671/
Awoufo671/
Awadfa671/
Abahaffou671/
Owoffo671/
Uiwafo671/

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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 Awaffo
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