Alafy Surname
Approximately 47 people bear this surname
Alafy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Alafy (73) may also be a first name.
Alafy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alafy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alafy is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Alafy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alafy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The last name Alafy is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Alafy live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 72 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alafy is also the 1,134,117th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 73 people.
Alafy is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 5,210,081. In Nigeria Alafy is most frequent in: Gombe, where 53 percent live and Taraba, where 47 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 4 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 Alafy
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