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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Ãfeez. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afeez? popularity and diffusion
Afeez is the 55,799th most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 801,093 people. Afeez is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afeez reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 14,950th most widely held given name globally, borne by 64,289 people.
The last name Afeez is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9,007 people, or 1 in 19,667. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Osun, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Afeez Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally 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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