Surname Africanus (Africanus 
, Африкан 
, الإفريقي 
) , all over the world, is a rare family name. The surname Africanus is habitual in Tunisia, where it is quite a rare surname, Tanzania, where it is a rare surname, and Algeria. Likewise, Africanus is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Africanus | United Kingdom, Tanzania, United States, Nigeria, Brazil |
| Африкан | Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Bulgaria |
| الإفريقي | Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Egypt |
Africano, Afrikaner, L'Africain, and Африканский
| titus sextius africanus 1st century AD Roman senator and consul (b. 16) |
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| titus sextius cornelius africanus late 1st/early 2nd century Roman senator and consul (b. 50) |
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| gaius paccius africanus 1st century AD Roman senator, consul and delator (informer) (b. 50) |
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| tiberius claudius africanus (b. 50) |
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marcus antonius gordianus sempronianus romanus africanus Roman Emperor (b. 159) |
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| sextus caecilius africanus 2nd century Roman jurist (b. 115) |
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| publius servilius africanus commander of Cohors V Delmatarum civium Romanorum in 144 AD (b. 150) |
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| marcus pupienus africanus consul of the Roman Empire (b. 150) |
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p. cornelius p.f.l.n. scipio africanus Roman general and politician (236/235–183 BC), IT (b. 235) |
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| constantinus africanus (b. 1020) |
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leo africanus Andalusian author, MA (b. 1483) |
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| george africanus former slave and entrepreneur (b. 1763) |
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| julius africanus 1st century Roman orator in the reign of Nero |
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| gaius tettius africanus 1st century Roman imperial official and provincial governor |
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| eustathius africanus |
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