Alafe Surname
Approximately 1,593 people bear this surname
Alafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,434 | 1:123,531 | 8,113 |
| Iran | 76 | 1:1,010,296 | 46,499 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 1:61,063 | 7,682 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
The alternate forms: Alafé (1) are calculated separately.
Alafe (266) may also be a first name.
Alafe Demographics
Average Alafe Salary in
United States
$25,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Alafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alafe is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as a variant: Alafé. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alafe.
How Common Is The Last Name Alafe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alafe is the 249,252nd most frequently used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,574,731 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Alafe reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alafe is also the 545,281st most frequent forename internationally, borne by 266 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,434 people, or 1 in 123,531. In Nigeria Alafe is primarily found in: Ondo, where 36 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Osun, where 12 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Alafe is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Alafe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
Alafe earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.58% less than the national average, earning $25,208 USD per year.
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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 Alafe
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