Alfaa Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Alfaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Alfaa (28) may also be a first name.
Alfaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alfaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alfaa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺎ) is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alfaa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Alfaa live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 28 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Alfaa is most numerous in: Kogi, where 67 percent live, Ogun, where 17 percent live and Oyo, where 17 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alfaa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alfaa in the Hassaniya-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
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- 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 Alfaa
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