Afeez Surname
Approximately 9,097 people bear this surname
Afeez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9,007 | 1:19,667 | 1,805 |
| India | 48 | 1:15,980,529 | 256,885 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Ãfeez (1) are calculated separately.
Afeez (64,289) may also be a first name.
Afeez Demographics
Afeez Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Afeez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afeez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Afeez is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms: Ãfeez. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afeez? popularity and diffusion
Afeez is the 55,799th most frequently held surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 801,093 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afeez live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afeez is also the 14,950th most commonly used first name throughout the world, borne by 64,289 people.
The last name Afeez is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 9,007 people, or 1 in 19,667. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Oyo, where 47 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Osun, where 11 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in India, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.
Afeez Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Afeez last name is primarily Muslim (87%) in Nigeria.
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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 Afeez
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