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 surname Alafai is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Alafaî or Alafaï. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alafai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,665,662nd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Alafai live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Alafai is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 469,800. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 82 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 5 percent reside and Zou Department, where 5 percent reside. Not including Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
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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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