Alufayi Surname
Approximately 227 people bear this surname
Alufayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Zimbabwe | 87 | 1:177,451 | 21,452 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
Alufayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alufayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alufayi is most common in Malawi. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alufayi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,085,744th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 32,103,727 people. The surname Alufayi is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alufayi reside; 99 percent reside in Southern Africa and 99 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Malawi, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 130,680. Other than Malawi this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 38 percent reside and South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alufai | 92 | 17 | / |
| Alufayo | 86 | 9 | / |
| Alufaya | 86 | 9 | / |
| Alufeyi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Aloufeyi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Alufoa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Alufaa | 77 | 12 | / |
| Olufayo | 71 | 1,413 | / |
| Alufeyo | 71 | 808 | / |
| Olufuyi | 71 | 28 | / |
| Olufeyi | 71 | 7 | / |
| Alufiya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Alufeya | 71 | 3 | / |
| Alufoye | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olufaio | 71 | 2 | / |
| Alufooa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Olufaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alufiyo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alufeyu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Alufeji | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oloufayo | 67 | 23 | / |
| Aluvaiah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Alufioye | 67 | 4 | / |
| Alufojie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Alufohia | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aloufeye | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Alufayi
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