Arifayan Surname

661,581st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 454 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Arifayan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arifayan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4491:394,52720,761
England21:27,859,030389,889
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Arifiyan8827/
Arifeyan882/
Ariefiyan821/
Arifain8014/
Arefayne753,079/
Arefiyan755/
Ariffain754/
Arefayene711,289/
Arefayine714/
Arrefayne712/
Arefayneh711/
Arifeen674,245/
Arifien671,107/
Arifein674/
Arrefayine671/
Arefaine634,464/
Ariffien6358/
Aarifeen6313/
Ariffeen6312/
Orifiyon639/
Ariffein638/
Garefain637/
Arrifien631/
Harifeen631/
Arrifeen631/
Garifien631/
Hariffein591/
Ariefoien591/
Areafaine591/
Arefeen537,711/
Arefien531/
Arefeine509/
Aarefeen506/
Areefeen501/

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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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