Alafai Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Alafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 22 | 1:469,800 | 32,108 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
The alternate forms: Alafaî (26) & Alafaï (6) are calculated separately.
Alafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alafai is more commonly found in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Alafaî or Alafaï. Click here for other possible spellings of Alafai.
How Common Is The Last Name Alafai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most widespread family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. The surname Alafai is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Alafai live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin Alafai is mostly concentrated in: Collines Department, where 82 percent live, Littoral Department, where 5 percent live and Zou Department, where 5 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live and Nigeria, where 7 percent live.
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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 Alafai
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