Afolaby Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Afolaby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afolaby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Afolaby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afolaby is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afolaby? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Afolaby live; 47 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Afolaby is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Afolaby is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 40 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 20 percent reside.

Afolaby Last Name Statistics demography

Afolaby earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.

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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 Afolaby
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