Afolayanka Surname
Approximately 224 people bear this surname
Afolayanka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 219 | 1:808,871 | 36,014 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Afolayanka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afolayanka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Afolayanka is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Afolayanka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,095,216th most common surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 32,533,687 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afolayanka live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Afolayanka is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria Afolayanka is mostly found in: Osun, where 36 percent are found, Lagos, where 32 percent are found and Kwara, where 16 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afolayank | 95 | 4 | / |
| Afolyanka | 95 | 1 | / |
| Afolayinka | 90 | 7 | / |
| Afolayonka | 90 | 6 | / |
| Afolayanga | 90 | 3 | / |
| Ofolayanka | 90 | 2 | / |
| Aflanka | 82 | 8 | / |
| Afolayan-Aca | 82 | 1 | / |
| Afilanka | 78 | 1 | / |
| Aflankaya | 74 | 1 | / |
| Afolanga | 67 | 150 | / |
| Ivalanka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avalanka | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Afolayanka
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