Alfah Surname
Approximately 1,229 people bear this surname
Alfah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 549 | 1:240,891 | 22,159 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Nigeria | 109 | 1:1,625,163 | 60,488 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Alfah (469) may also be a first name.
Alfah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alfah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alfah has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alfah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 307,434th most frequently used last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,929,655 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Alfah live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alfah is also the 393,184th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 469 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 240,891. In Indonesia Alfah is most frequent in: West Java, where 58 percent are found, East Java, where 17 percent are found and Central Java, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Indonesia it occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 43 percent are found and Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Alfah
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