Alufe Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Alufe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Alufe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alufe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alufe occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Alufe.
How Common Is The Last Name Alufe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,967,751st most frequent last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Alufe are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 3,220,777. In Nigeria it is most common in: Delta, where 78 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Oyo, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Alufe is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 38 percent are found and Ethiopia, where 1 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 Alufe
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