Abdul Rafiu Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Abdul Rafiu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 357 | 1:496,198 | 24,800 |
| Maldives | 7 | 1:57,739 | 2,642 |
Abdul Rafiu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abdul Rafiu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Abdul Rafiu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abdul Rafiu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 778,856th most widespread surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. The last name Abdul Rafiu is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Abdul Rafiu are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 357 people, or 1 in 496,198. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 44 percent live, Kwara, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The Maldives, where 2 percent live.
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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 Abdul Rafiu
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