Ajifowowe Surname

468,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 717 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ajifowowe Surname User-submission:

The full nickname of the Ajifowowe surname is Ajifowowe bi Oyinbo, that is 'someone who wakes and bathe with money like a white man'. Over the time it was reduced to Ajifowowe.

The ancestral home of all the bearers of this name is currently known with the address Q26, Igbogi, Ilesha West Local Government, Sound State, Nigeria.

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Ajifowowe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7061:250,91014,512
England51:11,143,612252,590
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ajifowowe (18) may also be a first name.

Ajifowowe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The full nickname of the Ajifowowe surname is Ajifowowe bi Oyinbo, that is 'someone who wakes and bathe with money like a white man'. Over the time it was reduced to Ajifowowe.

The ancestral home of all the bearers of this name is currently known with the address Q26, Igbogi, Ilesha West Local Government, Sound State, Nigeria.

- telayoajifowowe

The name Ajifowowe means someone who wakes to bathe with money. This name originates from Ilesha West Local Government Area of Osun State, Nigeria. It was the nickname of a popular Ifa priest who lived in the 19th century. His real name was Ojo Toshin.

- telayoajifowowe

Ajifowowe Last Name Facts

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

Ajifowowe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ajifowowe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 468,873rd most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 10,163,941 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ajifowowe are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held forename globally. It is borne by 18 people.

The last name Ajifowowe is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 706 people, or 1 in 250,910. In Nigeria Ajifowowe is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 35 percent are found, Osun, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adjifowowe951/
Ojifowowe893/
Asifowowe891/
Ajofowowe891/
Ajifowojo7883/
Ojofowowe7817/
Agefowowe783/
Ajifowoji781/
Ajifoweye781/
Ajofowojo675/
Agifowojo675/
Ajifobaje671/
Aifuwee631/

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