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.

DNA test information

Afobaje Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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

The surname Afobaje occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afobaje? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afobaje is the 1,691,963rd most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Afobaje occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afobaje reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afobaje is also the 2,187,323rd most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 24 people.

The last name Afobaje is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 115 people, or 1 in 1,540,372. In Nigeria Afobaje is mostly found in: Oyo, where 34 percent live, Ogun, where 29 percent live and Osun, where 15 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Afobaju861/
Afobai771/
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Afobiye711/
Afubajo711/
Afoubai711/
Ofobiyae678/
Afojuaye671/
Gafoubea671/
Gafoubei671/
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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 Afobaje
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