Atafai Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Atafai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Atafai (13) may also be a first name.
Atafai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atafai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atafai is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Atafai.
How Common Is The Last Name Atafai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Atafai are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Atafai is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon Atafai exists in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 11 percent live.
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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 Atafai
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