Alaafin Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Alaafin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Alaafin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaafin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alaafin is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Alaafin.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaafin? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,398,030th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 46,715,038 people. Alaafin is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alaafin live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Alaafin is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 1,150,278. In Nigeria Alaafin is most common in: Ogun, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 26 percent live and Ondo, where 18 percent live. Beside Nigeria Alaafin occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alafin | 92 | 343 | / |
| Galafin | 86 | 12 | / |
| Alhafin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Olaafin | 86 | 2 | / |
| Allafin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Halafin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Alaufin | 86 | 1 | / |
| Alafina | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gallafin | 80 | 3 | / |
| Alassfin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aliafing | 80 | 1 | / |
| Galafina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alofin | 77 | 28 | / |
| Olafin | 77 | 18 | / |
| Alefin | 77 | 5 | / |
| Elafin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Alafyn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Alafinova | 75 | 64 | / |
| Alaatfeen | 75 | 2 | / |
| Allafen | 71 | 8 | / |
| Alaphin | 71 | 5 | / |
| Allofin | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aloffin | 71 | 3 | / |
| Alafeen | 71 | 2 | / |
| Alhafne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Olafina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alhofin | 71 | 0 | / |
| Gallofin | 67 | 513 | / |
| Galoffin | 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 Alaafin
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