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 found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Alfah.
How Common Is The Last Name Alfah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alfah is the 307,434th most frequently used family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 5,929,655 people. The last name is mostly found 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 frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 469 people.
The surname Alfah is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 549 people, or 1 in 240,891. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: West Java, where 58 percent live, East Java, where 17 percent live and Central Java, where 16 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 43 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.
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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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