Vanlige afrikanske navn etter region

Vest-Afrika

• Menn: Kwame, Kofi, Yaw (Akan); Femi, Adetokunbo, Adekunle (Joruba); Chinedu, Chima, Emeka, Kelechi (Igbo); Serigne, Moustapha, Cheikh (Wolof).
• Kvinner: Adwoa, Afua, Efia (Akan); Adebola, Omowunmi, Ebunoluwa (Joruba); Amarachi, Chioma, Nneoma (Igbo); Fatou, Aissatou, Ndeye (Wolof).

Nord-Afrika

• Menn: Ahmed, Mohammed, Ali (arabisk); Hassan, Mohammed, Omar (berber); Mustafa, Abdulrahman, Saif (libysk); Youssef, Anis, Khaled (tunesisk).
• Kvinner: Amira, Fatima, Sarah (arabisk); Fatima, Zineb, Nadia (berber); Huda, Amira, Fatima (libysk); Amira, Meriem, Sarra (tunesisk).

Øst-Afrika

• Menn: Ali, Mohammed, Omari (swahili); Moses, Simiyu, Wafula (luhya); Abey, Tesfaye, Yohannes (amharisk); Lelisa, Assefa, Dulaa (oromo).
• Kvinner: Halima, Khadija, Aisha (swahili); Nafula, Wambui, Nekesa (luhya); Almaz, Tigist, Selamawit (amharisk); Birtukan, Eyerusalem, Fantish (oromo).

Sentral-Afrika

• Menn: Koffi, Jean, Pierre (lingala); Nzeza, Mbotela, Kiala (kikongo); Fotso, Tchoumi, Kamdem (bamileke); Patrice, Jean-Pierre, Martin (gbaya).
• Kvinner: Mamie, Mpemba, Ngelema (lingala); Nzenze, Nzuzi, Ntumba (kikongo); Wambo, Kedi, Meuteugue (bamileke); Marie-Chantal, Judith, Patricia (gbaya).

Sør-Afrika

• Menn: Sipho, Thando, Bongani (bantu); Ndodana, Moyo, Ndlovu (ndebele); Farai, Tafadzwa, Tendai (shona); Kabelo, Tshepo, Mpho (tswana).
• Kvinner: Lerato, Naledi, Neo (bantu); Nomagugu, Sthandwa, Thandiwe (ndebele); Nyasha, Ruvimbo, Tariro (shona); Keabetswe, Keitumetse, Tsholofelo (tswana).