Afulayan Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Afulayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afulayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
England11:55,718,059489,080

Afulayan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Afulayan is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Afulayan? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,213,395th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Afulayan reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Afulayan is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 69 percent reside, Lagos, where 15 percent reside and Osun, where 8 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afolayan8846,134/
Afilayan883/
Afulayin881/
Afollayan8210/
Affolayan825/
Aafolayan825/
Afoolayan823/
Afolayhan822/
Afolayanh822/
Afolayann821/
Afolayn8012/
Afolayon75234/
Afolayin7585/
Afolayun7560/
Afolayen7552/
Afoloyan7536/
Afoleyan757/
Ofolayan756/
Afolajan755/
Afuleyin752/
Afilayon751/
Aafolayn751/
Afoluyan751/
Atfullahjan741/
Afolain673/
Afolajin6326/
Ofoleyan6310/
Afouloum501/

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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 Afulayan
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