Alufo Surname
Approximately 146 people bear this surname
Alufo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 97 | 1:1,826,214 | 65,886 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Alufo (62) may also be a first name.
Alufo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alufo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alufo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Alufo.
How Common Is The Last Name Alufo? popularity and diffusion
Alufo is the 1,459,453rd most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. Alufo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Alufo live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name on earth, held by 62 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 1,826,214. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 45 percent are found, Enugu, where 10 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alufuo | 91 | 54 | / |
| Galufo | 91 | 19 | / |
| Aluffo | 91 | 16 | / |
| Alufoa | 91 | 12 | / |
| Aliufo | 91 | 7 | / |
| Alufoo | 91 | 7 | / |
| Halufo | 91 | 4 | / |
| Alaufo | 91 | 2 | / |
| Alufoh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Galuffo | 83 | 160 | / |
| Aloufou | 83 | 30 | / |
| Alufooa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Alufoph | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aliufoo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Alouvfo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aluufoo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ailufoo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Alufa | 80 | 1,327 | / |
| Alifo | 80 | 1,006 | / |
| Olufo | 80 | 11 | / |
| Alloufou | 77 | 154 | / |
| Galluffo | 77 | 66 | / |
| Aloufouh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aloufa | 73 | 165 | / |
| Alufah | 73 | 119 | / |
| Alaufa | 73 | 33 | / |
| Alufaa | 73 | 12 | / |
| Galufa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Halufa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Alufha | 73 | 5 | / |
| Halifo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Alhufa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Alifoo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Alufat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Allufa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aliefo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Elufoo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aliffo | 73 | 0 | / |
| Allouffou | 71 | 20 | / |
| Ahloufous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eliufoo | 67 | 1,193 | / |
| Alloufa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Haloufa | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aloufah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Halufas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Allifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Alouffa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haliufa | 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 Alufo
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