Afobaje Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afobaje Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afobaje Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1151:1,540,37258,295
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afobaje (24) may also be a first name.

Afobaje Last Name Facts

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

Afobaje is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afobaje? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afobaje is the 1,691,963rd most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. Afobaje occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afobaje are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 24 people.

Afobaje is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria Afobaje is primarily found in: Oyo, where 34 percent are found, Ogun, where 29 percent are found and Osun, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Afobaje is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aafobaje931/
Affobaje931/
Afobae921/
Afobaju861/
Afobai771/
Afobea771/
Afobiye711/
Afubajo711/
Afoubai711/
Ofobiyae678/
Afojuaye671/
Gafoubea671/
Gafoubei671/
Afoutbai671/

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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
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  • 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 Afobaje
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