Afolau Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Afolau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Afolau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afolau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afolau is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afolau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Afolau live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Afolau is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Afolau is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 75 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 25 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Afolau is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 14 percent reside.
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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 Afolau
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