Afolami Surname

154,414th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,843 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afolami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afolami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,8171:62,8834,644
England201:2,785,90397,972
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Afolami (134) may also be a first name.

Afolami Last Name Facts

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

Afolami is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afolami? popularity and diffusion

The last name Afolami is the 154,414th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 2,563,330 people. The last name Afolami occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afolami are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 800,975th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 134 people.

This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,817 people, or 1 in 62,883. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 21 percent live, Ondo, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Afolami is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Afolami Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Afolami last name is chiefly Christian (95%) in Nigeria.

Afolami earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 75.57% less than the national average, earning $10,542 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aafolami931/
Afolahami883/
Afalami862/
Ofolami861/
Afolamy861/
Aafalami801/
Afeleme574/
Ofoloma573/
Afalome572/
Afalouma531/
Affalome531/
Afalomey531/

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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 Afolami
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