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 surname Alfah is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alfah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 307,434th most commonly used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,929,655 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Alfah reside; 53 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alfah is also the 393,184th most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 469 people.
The surname Alfah is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 240,891. In Indonesia Alfah is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 58 percent reside, East Java, where 17 percent reside and Central Java, where 16 percent reside. Barring Indonesia this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 43 percent reside and Nigeria, where 9 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 Alfah
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