Afelebe Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Afelebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Afelebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afelebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afelebe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Afelebe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,955,159th most widespread surname internationally, held by around 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afelebe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 1,968,253. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ekiti, where 74 percent are found, Lagos, where 16 percent are found and Ondo, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Afelebe
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