Alarape Surname

62,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,031 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Alarape Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alarape Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7,8451:22,5802,009
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
United States381:9,538,393399,091
England131:4,286,005132,302
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Alarape (2,393) may also be a first name.

Alarape Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alarape Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Alarape is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Alarape click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Alarape? popularity and diffusion

It is the 62,496th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 907,427 people. The surname Alarape occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alarape reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alarape is also the 151,754th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 2,393 people.

The last name Alarape is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7,845 people, or 1 in 22,580. In Nigeria Alarape is most frequent in: Oyo, where 47 percent live, Lagos, where 22 percent live and Osun, where 11 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Alarape Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Alarape surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered with the party.

Alarape earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.9% less than the national average, earning $31,544 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 Alarape
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