Afaleye Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Afaleye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afaleye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458

Afaleye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afaleye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Afaleye is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Afaleye.

How Common Is The Last Name Afaleye? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most common last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Afaleye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Afaleye live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Afaleye is most common in: Ekiti, where 83 percent live and Oyo, where 17 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afaley924/
Afalye922/
Afalaye863/
Ofaleye861/
Afoley77421/
Afalae778/
Afalea776/
Afalei771/
Asfaleies752/
Asfahaley751/
Afolaye7132/
Afallay719/
Efalaye718/
Afalaya714/
Afalayo712/
Aufalea711/
Afelaye711/
Afalaje711/
Aefalei711/
Afaleas711/
Afalawe711/
Afoleyo711/
Afoleje711/
Hafoley710/
Hafeley710/
Ofalahee671/
Aphailee671/
Goffaley670/

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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 Afaleye
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