Afeleke Surname

1,441,361st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 149 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Afeleke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afeleke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1441:513,05340,658
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973

Afeleke Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afeleke Come From? nationality or country of origin

Afeleke occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afeleke? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afeleke is the 1,441,361st most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The last name Afeleke occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Afeleke are found; 97 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Afeleke is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 513,053. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adfeleke931/
Afelake8689/
Efeleke8671/
Afaleke8617/
Afelike861/
Afeleka861/
Afelik77420/
Afolake71119/
Afelika7176/
Afoleki7168/
Ozfelek7139/
Ofaleke719/
Afelegh716/
Afilake712/
Afoloke711/
Afalake711/
Offaleke672/
Afollake671/
Afelokhai6319/
Afelix624/
Afeliokhai599/
Efalake5729/
Afilika5722/
Afolaki572/
Hafilik571/
Affelix571/
Afiliki571/
Afoloki571/
Afalaki571/
Affolaki536/
Hofelick531/

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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 Afeleke
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