Alafua Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Alafua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 33 | 1:5,367,962 | 136,856 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Alafua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alafua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alafua is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Alafua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alafua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Alafua reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Alafua is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Lagos, where 52 percent reside and Delta, where 48 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and American Samoa, where 3 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 Alafua
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