Awafung Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Awafung Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 138 | 1:1,283,643 | 51,044 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Awafung (11) may also be a first name.
Awafung Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awafung Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Awafung is found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Awafung click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Awafung? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,478,479th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Awafung live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name throughout the world, held by 11 people.
Awafung is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 138 people, or 1 in 1,283,643. In Nigeria Awafung is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 93 percent are found, Ogun, where 2 percent are found and Lagos, where 1 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Awaufung | 93 | 28 | / |
| Awfung | 92 | 1 | / |
| Awafong | 86 | 71 | / |
| Awofung | 86 | 1 | / |
| Afung | 83 | 207 | / |
| Yaw Fung | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afuang | 77 | 780 | / |
| Afoung | 77 | 68 | / |
| Afuing | 77 | 22 | / |
| Afunga | 77 | 6 | / |
| Afaung | 77 | 3 | / |
| Afungu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Yafung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afungo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ahfung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afueng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aifung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yafunga | 71 | 165 | / |
| Afunugo | 71 | 69 | / |
| Afunogu | 71 | 61 | / |
| Yafungu | 71 | 34 | / |
| Afuniga | 71 | 8 | / |
| Afunuga | 71 | 7 | / |
| Afoungu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ah Fung | 71 | 4 | / |
| Afaunga | 71 | 2 | / |
| Afuango | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afuanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afounga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awaoffiong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Awofong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afang | 67 | 947 | / |
| Afong | 67 | 387 | / |
| Ifung | 67 | 343 | / |
| Avang | 67 | 287 | / |
| Aphiwang | 67 | 242 | / |
| Aphawang | 67 | 156 | / |
| Ufung | 67 | 95 | / |
| Avaungwa | 67 | 77 | / |
| Afing | 67 | 72 | / |
| Ayafiang | 67 | 24 | / |
| Afeng | 67 | 22 | / |
| Efung | 67 | 16 | / |
| Afunc | 67 | 10 | / |
| Afungawa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Uwaofing | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aaffinog | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ofung | 67 | 3 | / |
| Afunk | 67 | 2 | / |
| Avung | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afunghwi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afouanga | 67 | 1 | / |
| Awefunke | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uwafiong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afoungoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afoungou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afoungue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuanegu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuawung | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afuingui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afounghe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Awafung
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