Alufa Surname
Approximately 1,327 people bear this surname
Alufa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,274 | 1:139,045 | 8,952 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alufa (361) may also be a first name.
Alufa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alufa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alufa (Hindi: अलूफा) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alufa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alufa is the 288,908th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 5,491,745 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Alufa reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alufa is also the 458,188th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 361 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,274 people, or 1 in 139,045. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 29 percent live, Delta, where 16 percent live and Edo, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alufa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alufa in the Hindi language | ||
| अलूफा | alupha | - |
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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 Alufa
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