Afees Surname
Approximately 863 people bear this surname
Afees Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 821 | 1:215,765 | 12,814 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afees (5,846) may also be a first name.
Afees Demographics
Afees Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Afees Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afees Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afees (Arabic: عفيس) is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afees? popularity and diffusion
It is the 405,848th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,444,433 people. The last name Afees occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Afees live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 87,162nd most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 5,846 people.
The last name Afees is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 821 people, or 1 in 215,765. In Nigeria Afees is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 49 percent live, Lagos, where 16 percent live and Osun, where 11 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent live and Pakistan, where 1 percent live.
Afees Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afees Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afees in the Arabic language | ||
| عفيس | fys | - |
| عفيصه | fysh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Afees
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