Arifayan Surname
Approximately 454 people bear this surname
Arifayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 449 | 1:394,527 | 20,761 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Arifayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arifayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arifayan is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arifayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 661,581st most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 16,051,863 people. Arifayan is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Arifayan are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 449 people, or 1 in 394,527. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ekiti, where 62 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Ondo, where 11 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arifiyan | 88 | 27 | / |
| Arifeyan | 88 | 2 | / |
| Ariefiyan | 82 | 1 | / |
| Arifain | 80 | 14 | / |
| Arefayne | 75 | 3,079 | / |
| Arefiyan | 75 | 5 | / |
| Ariffain | 75 | 4 | / |
| Arefayene | 71 | 1,289 | / |
| Arefayine | 71 | 4 | / |
| Arrefayne | 71 | 2 | / |
| Arefayneh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arifeen | 67 | 4,245 | / |
| Arifien | 67 | 1,107 | / |
| Arifein | 67 | 4 | / |
| Arrefayine | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arefaine | 63 | 4,464 | / |
| Ariffien | 63 | 58 | / |
| Aarifeen | 63 | 13 | / |
| Ariffeen | 63 | 12 | / |
| Orifiyon | 63 | 9 | / |
| Ariffein | 63 | 8 | / |
| Garefain | 63 | 7 | / |
| Arrifien | 63 | 1 | / |
| Harifeen | 63 | 1 | / |
| Arrifeen | 63 | 1 | / |
| Garifien | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hariffein | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ariefoien | 59 | 1 | / |
| Areafaine | 59 | 1 | / |
| Arefeen | 53 | 7,711 | / |
| Arefien | 53 | 1 | / |
| Arefeine | 50 | 9 | / |
| Aarefeen | 50 | 6 | / |
| Areefeen | 50 | 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
- 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 Arifayan
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