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 last name Afeez has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as: Ãfeez. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afeez? popularity and diffusion
The last name Afeez is the 55,799th most widely held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 801,093 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afeez reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afeez is also the 14,950th most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 64,289 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9,007 people, or 1 in 19,667. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 47 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Osun, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Afeez exists in 15 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Afeez Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Afeez surname 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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