Afolayan Surname

12,180th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46,134 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afolayan Surname User-submission:

The surname Afolayan means 'one whose carriage reflects its honorable status' in Yoruba.

Afolayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria45,7621:3,871510
England1401:397,98627,485
United States1381:2,626,514158,538
South Africa261:2,083,75892,464
Canada191:1,939,242123,675
Iceland101:38,0092,599
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055

Afolayan (1,662) may also be a first name.

Afolayan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Afolayan means 'one whose carriage reflects its honorable status' in Yoruba.

- jideafolayan

Afolayan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Afolayan occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Afolayan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 12,180th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 157,965 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Afolayan live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Afolayan is also the 188,896th most frequently occurring first name globally. It is borne by 1,662 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 45,762 people, or 1 in 3,871. In Nigeria Afolayan is most common in: Kwara, where 24 percent reside, Ekiti, where 22 percent reside and Lagos, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 28 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Afolayan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Christian (86%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Afolayan last name are 15.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.42% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Afolayan earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 296.42% more than the national average, earning R 942,036 per year; in United States they earn 9.8% less than the national average, earning $38,921 USD per year and in Canada they earn 36.92% more than the national average, earning $68,024 CAD per year.

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