Alfa Surname

8,125^th

Most Common

surname in the World

Approximately 70,054 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:

Nigeria

Highest density in:

Togo

Alfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Alfa Surname Distribution Map

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Nigeria	44,146	1:4,013	528
Togo	11,130	1:651	36
Benin	4,429	1:2,334	276
Niger	2,524	1:7,604	617
Egypt	1,068	1:86,082	7,577
Indonesia	996	1:132,780	13,259
Ghana	831	1:32,516	3,831
Saudi Arabia	676	1:45,645	6,666
Chad	674	1:20,166	2,465
Morocco	545	1:63,259	10,584
Bangladesh	541	1:294,560	8,696
Russia	309	1:466,418	43,668
Pakistan	174	1:1,026,689	13,173
DR Congo	150	1:492,530	39,325
India	124	1:6,186,011	143,436
Brazil	113	1:1,894,463	60,739
Tanzania	113	1:468,510	32,208
Greece	112	1:98,927	16,639
United States	105	1:3,451,990	194,849
England	83	1:671,302	38,633
Portugal	75	1:138,910	6,177
Italy	73	1:837,763	64,881
Philippines	68	1:1,488,797	104,347
Mexico	63	1:1,970,257	18,660
Mauritania	62	1:66,046	4,544
Japan	54	1:2,367,487	29,899
Ivory Coast	52	1:443,678	14,663
Canada	45	1:818,791	63,991
Dominican Republic	39	1:267,511	9,432
United Arab Emirates	39	1:234,930	15,673
Papua New Guinea	38	1:214,572	29,580
Lebanon	37	1:152,354	7,395
Belarus	33	1:287,911	32,667
Germany	33	1:2,439,559	124,421
Cameroon	32	1:649,033	48,340
Kuwait	29	1:131,058	14,967
Kazakhstan	28	1:631,518	43,439
Spain	26	1:1,798,155	50,469
Syria	24	1:804,209	6,249
Burkina Faso	22	1:834,186	9,118
Uzbekistan	22	1:1,405,870	25,726
Colombia	19	1:2,514,425	13,479
Cyprus	16	1:55,305	5,325
Malaysia	16	1:1,843,389	74,511
France	15	1:4,428,181	244,602
Belgium	14	1:821,189	66,436
Tunisia	14	1:43,616	6,025
Argentina	11	1:3,885,765	145,016
Finland	11	1:499,700	30,478
Israel	10	1:855,763	54,181
Uganda	10	1:3,903,928	93,934
Azerbaijan	8	1:1,206,140	16,795
Australia	7	1:3,856,529	135,538
Iran	7	1:10,968,932	186,522
South Africa	7	1:7,739,672	177,858
Thailand	7	1:10,091,192	512,203
Turkey	7	1:11,117,346	139,182
Switzerland	6	1:1,368,819	77,571
China	5	1:273,464,313	13,838
Poland	5	1:7,601,750	167,855
Afghanistan	4	1:8,038,296	30,874
Angola	4	1:6,747,304	6,999
Chile	4	1:4,404,118	44,633
Cuba	4	1:2,880,679	10,064
Gambia	4	1:480,863	548
Kenya	4	1:11,544,975	62,419
Malta	4	1:107,568	1,849
Netherlands	4	1:4,221,794	131,139
Norway	4	1:1,285,572	69,185
Peru	4	1:7,946,031	41,846
Rwanda	4	1:2,841,244	3,611
Ireland	3	1:1,569,646	17,286
Austria	3	1:2,838,478	93,604
Costa Rica	3	1:1,593,356	8,177
Czechia	3	1:3,544,490	144,714
Guatemala	3	1:5,360,889	8,925
Romania	3	1:6,692,623	78,504
Sweden	3	1:3,282,252	190,759
Cape Verde	2	1:264,821	5,214
Ecuador	2	1:7,952,923	34,269
El Salvador	2	1:3,171,944	6,376
Hungary	2	1:4,908,138	64,617
Iceland	2	1:190,045	6,825
Maldives	2	1:202,086	4,973
Serbia	2	1:3,572,474	32,645
Taiwan	2	1:11,722,373	63,559
Uruguay	2	1:1,715,879	35,955
Yemen	2	1:13,212,647	40,633
Albania	1	1:2,914,055	29,474
Algeria	1	1:38,631,551	130,422
Barbados	1	1:287,448	2,772
Bulgaria	1	1:6,978,905	86,260
Denmark	1	1:5,644,715	93,155
Ethiopia	1	1:97,546,262	29,669
Gabon	1	1:1,889,194	6,814
Georgia	1	1:3,745,545	47,852
Guinea-Bissau	1	1:1,728,021	323
Haiti	1	1:10,683,907	24,607
Honduras	1	1:8,816,442	9,272
Iraq	1	1:35,021,654	31,813
Jordan	1	1:8,842,437	26,010
Kyrgyzstan	1	1:5,972,654	99,197
Latvia	1	1:2,050,046	60,295
Liberia	1	1:4,408,535	47,110
Lithuania	1	1:3,034,588	47,401
North Macedonia	1	1:2,101,472	31,546
Madagascar	1	1:23,649,837	9,420
Moldova	1	1:3,561,368	78,271
Montenegro	1	1:639,565	9,092
New Zealand	1	1:4,528,323	55,372
Northern Cyprus	1	1:319,011	10,202
Panama	1	1:3,912,258	17,195
Paraguay	1	1:7,236,746	16,511
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Qatar	1	1:2,357,999	76,403
Scotland	1	1:5,353,817	63,002
Senegal	1	1:14,579,342	11,705
Slovakia	1	1:5,336,450	140,422
Solomon Islands	1	1:580,029	22,243
Sudan	1	1:37,510,195	14,259
Suriname	1	1:552,616	9,664
Turkmenistan	1	1:5,489,112	11,427
Ukraine	1	1:45,522,696	503,646
Venezuela	1	1:30,204,077	85,459
Zimbabwe	1	1:15,438,240	133,260

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Alfa (67,953) may also be a first name.

Alfa Demographics

Average Alfa Salary in
United States

$48,732^USD

Per year

Rank:

443,580 of 1,180,305

Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:

1.94274E-5

Rank: 269,848 of 1,181,369

Percentage of national average salary:

112.93%

Sample size: 34 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149^USD

Per year

Per month:

$3,596^USD

Per week:

$799^USD

Per day:

$118^USD

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Alfa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Alfa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Alfa (Arabic: الفا, Bengali: আলফা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺎ, Hindi: अल्फा, Oriya: ଆଲଫା, Russian: Альфа) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Alfa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 8,125^th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 104,028 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Alfa live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 14,225^th most numerous forename on earth, held by 67,953 people.

Alfa is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 44,146 people, or 1 in 4,013. In Nigeria Alfa is mostly found in: Niger, where 33 percent live, Kogi, where 27 percent live and Kaduna, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 124 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 16 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.

Alfa Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Alfa surname is primarily Orthodox (79%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Melkite Greek Catholic (87%) in Lebanon, Muslim (80%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Alfa last name are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% being registered with the party.

The amount Alfa earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 12.94% more than the national average, earning $48,732 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.57% more than the national average, earning $54,436 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Alfai	89	4,974	/
Alfaz	89	1,592	/
Alfah	89	1,229	/
Alfau	89	1,096	/
Alfad	89	1,036	/
Halfa	89	821	/
Alfat	89	735	/
Alfas	89	306	/
Galfa	89	85	/
Alfha	89	82	/
Alfaj	89	57	/
Alfay	89	40	/
Alffa	89	21	/
Alfaa	89	16	/
Allfa	89	9	/
Alfea	89	8	/
Aalfa	89	7	/
Alwfa	89	5	/
Alhfa	89	4	/
Aelfa	89	4	/
Ahlfa	89	3	/
Alpfa	89	2	/
Aulfa	89	1	/
Alfga	89	1	/
Alfaï	89	1	/
Alfaia	80	6,984	/
Alfaiz	80	2,053	/
Alfaya	80	1,768	/
Alfhad	80	524	/
Alfais	80	337	/
Alfaha	80	259	/
Alfaid	80	210	/
Alfayz	80	206	/
Halfah	80	144	/
Alfast	80	50	/
Aglifa	80	38	/
Aulfah	80	36	/
Alfaaz	80	16	/
Alfaut	80	15	/
Alfaij	80	14	/
Alfhat	80	8	/
Halfas	80	7	/
Alfaja	80	7	/
Alfait	80	7	/
Alffat	80	7	/
Aulfat	80	4	/
Alfaad	80	3	/
Halfaz	80	3	/
Alfats	80	2	/
Alfeas	80	2	/
Alfass	80	2	/
Galfah	80	2	/
Alfeha	80	2	/
Aalfaj	80	1	/
Alfaat	80	1	/
Alfadh	80	1	/
Alfasp	80	1	/
Halfai	80	1	/
Alffha	80	1	/
Alfayd	80	1	/
Alfaïa	80	1	/
Alfoha	80	1	/
Alfadz	80	1	/
Alwfaa	80	1	/
Alfahs	80	1	/
Alfayt	80	1	/
Alfaih	80	1	/
Alfaud	80	1	/
Hailfa	80	1	/
Alfy	75	13,975	/
Alfi	75	5,874	/
Elfa	75	1,034	/
Alfe	75	564	/
Alfo	75	351	/
Olfa	75	253	/
Alfè	75	23	/
Alfò	75	2	/
Alfé	75	1	/
Alfó	75	1	/
Alfhaid	73	485	/
Halfast	73	91	/
Alfaidz	73	4	/
Alfahdd	73	2	/
Alfauiy	73	1	/
Alfeova	73	1	/
Alffaia	73	1	/
Allfath	73	1	/
Allfatt	73	1	/
Alfaash	73	1	/
Alfahdh	73	1	/
Alfhead	73	1	/
Alfeeha	73	1	/
Hallfah	73	1	/
Alpha	67	34,579	/
Halfi	67	6,366	/
Galfo	67	2,176	/
Alfie	67	1,562	/
Golfa	67	1,277	/
Galfi	67	977	/
Alfer	67	883	/
Alfes	67	876	/
Alfey	67	724	/
Olfat	67	649	/
Olfah	67	549	/
Olfaz	67	488	/
Alfei	67	487	/
Alfis	67	243	/
Alfos	67	223	/
Alvah	67	209	/
Alfio	67	175	/
Galfe	67	116	/
Alfeu	67	116	/
Alfou	67	105	/
Elfah	67	102	/
Alfed	67	90	/
Halfe	67	78	/
Halfhead	67	68	/
Elfau	67	60	/
Helfa	67	60	/
Oulfa	67	57	/
Alfid	67	43	/
Alfih	67	32	/
Aslfi	67	28	/
Galfy	67	26	/
Alfee	67	24	/
Holfa	67	23	/
Alfiz	67	21	/
Oelfa	67	18	/
Alffi	67	18	/
Alfit	67	17	/
Alfet	67	15	/
Halfy	67	13	/
Allfi	67	9	/
Elfea	67	7	/
Hallfast	67	7	/
Alfyo	67	5	/
Alfós	67	5	/
Alfoy	67	5	/
Alfej	67	4	/
Alfaheid	67	4	/
Alfip	67	3	/
Elfay	67	3	/
Ailfo	67	3	/
Alfajova	67	2	/
Alfot	67	2	/
Alfoh	67	2	/
Alfíe	67	2	/
Olfay	67	1	/
Allfe	67	1	/
Alffe	67	1	/
Alfod	67	1	/
Alfop	67	1	/
Halfhayd	67	1	/
Eilfa	67	1	/
Alféi	67	1	/
Alffy	67	1	/
Aelfo	67	1	/
Elfai	67	1	/
Alfahaad	67	1	/
Alfgi	67	1	/
Alffo	67	1	/
Alfez	67	1	/
Alwfe	67	1	/

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Alfa Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Alfa in the Bengali language
আলফা	alapha	-
Alfa in the Oriya language
ଆଲଫା	alapha	-
Alfa in the Hindi language
अल्फा	alpha	84.08
अलफा	alapha	15.22
अल्फ़ा	alfa	0.35
अल्फ़ा	alfa	0.35
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Alfa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻔﺎ	alfa	33.33
ﺃﻟﻔﺎ	alfa	23.81
ﺁﻟﻔﺎ	alfa	16.67
ﺍﻟﻒ	alf	14.29
ﺃﻟﻒ	alf	4.76
ﺍﻟﻔﺎﺀ	alfa	2.38
ﺁﻟﻒ	alf	2.38
ﺃﻟﻔﻰ	alfy	2.38
Alfa in the Russian language
Альфа	alfa	-
Alfa in the Arabic language
الفا	alfa	-

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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 Alfa
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Alfa Surname

Alfa Surname

Alfa Surname Distribution Map

Alfa Demographics

$48,732 USD

Per year

$43,149 USD

Per year

Alfa Last Name Facts

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

How Common Is The Last Name Alfa? popularity and diffusion

Alfa Last Name Statistics demography

Phonetically Similar Names

Alfa Name Transliterations

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Footnotes

$48,732^USD

$43,149^USD

Where Does The Last Name Alfa Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

How Common Is The Last Name Alfa? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Alfa Last Name Statistics ^demography