Worldwide, אפריקה (Africa 
, אפריקה 
) is a common epicene given name. The first name אפריקה is characteristic of Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a common female name, Spain, where it is quite a rare dominantly female, but uncommonly boy's name, and South Africa, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very infrequently girly name. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Spain, Mexico, and Philippines. Also, אפריקה is the last name as well as the forename.