Afolatan Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afolatan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afolatan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Afolatan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afolatan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Afolatan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afolatan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,307,654th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The surname Afolatan occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Afolatan reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Osun, where 50 percent live, Ekiti, where 25 percent live and Ogun, where 15 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afolatyan945/
Afolatin881/
Aflaton80139/
Aflatun8088/
Aflatwn801/
Eflatan801/
Aflatoon75679/
Afalaton75148/
Afalatun7544/
Aflatoun7534/
Aflatuni7519/
Aflatoni753/
Avilatan751/
Afultain751/
Aflatone751/
Afilotan751/
Afalatone71998/
Aflatooni71142/
Aflatouni7152/
Aflaatuni714/
Yafaltano711/
Aflautina711/
Aflatuoni711/
Aflatoone711/
Aafalatun711/
Aflyatuno711/
Eflatun67447/
Avoltén672/
Evaltan671/

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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 Afolatan
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