Alarafe Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Alarafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Alarafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alarafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alarafe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alarafe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most common last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Alarafe reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Alarafe is mostly found in: Ogun, where 75 percent reside and Oyo, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 38 percent reside and New Zealand, where 13 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 Alarafe
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