Afolani Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Afolani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afolani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afolani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afolani occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Afolani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Afolani? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Afolani occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Afolani are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ekiti, where 24 percent are found, Kogi, where 24 percent are found and Ogun, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Afolani occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Afolani
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