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
Afees (Arabic: عفيس) is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Afees click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afees? popularity and diffusion
The surname Afees is the 405,848th most common surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,444,433 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Afees are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 87,162nd most numerous first name at a global level, held by 5,846 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 821 people, or 1 in 215,765. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Oyo, where 49 percent reside, Lagos, where 16 percent reside and Osun, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Afees exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and Pakistan, where 1 percent reside.
Afees Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Afees surname is principally 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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