Afolabi Forename

27,004th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 31,310 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afolabi Forename User-submission:

Afolabi is a Yoruba name that can be split thus: 'A fi Ola bi', meaning 'one born with wealth.' The name is common among wealthy Yoruba nobles.

Afolabi Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria
97%
 
29,8881:5,941907
Benin
100%
6761:15,6451,826
England
95%
 
3201:173,7595,395
United States
100%
2741:1,323,12825,230
Canada-291:1,142,53021,573
Qatar-181:131,64515,202
Ireland
100%
131:357,1945,120
Iceland-121:30,5011,954
Ethiopia
100%
91:10,840,01514,737
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Ghana-41:6,746,5548,075
Germany
100%
41:24,169,46959,466
Brazil-41:53,559,038368,334
United Arab Emirates-41:1,787,99844,562
Poland-41:9,506,7785,827
Russia-31:48,077,90198,779
Belgium
100%
31:3,830,01425,398
Guyana-31:254,42114,062
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Ivory Coast
100%
21:11,537,96695,271
Zambia-21:7,927,39745,785
France-21:33,235,17058,100
Wales
100%
21:1,547,15412,610
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Saint Lucia
100%
11:177,8158,104
South Africa
100%
11:54,532,649471,300
Sweden
100%
11:9,857,90778,968
Togo-11:7,239,2398,047
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Pakistan-11:194,357,680303,535
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Italy
100%
11:61,062,09083,289
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Australia-11:13,657,62255,904
Austria-11:8,514,20119,377
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Niger-11:19,183,99477,442
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Liberia-11:4,412,06136,340
Malaysia
100%
11:30,449,940373,101

Afolabi (220,174) may also be a surname.

Afolabi Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Afolabi is a Yoruba name that can be split thus: 'A fi Ola bi', meaning 'one born with wealth.' The name is common among wealthy Yoruba nobles.

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Afolabi Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Afolabi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Afolabi in the Russian language
Афолабиafolabi-

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