Ayafa Surname

1,101,507th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 222 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ayafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ayafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2111:839,53937,032
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182

Ayafa (102) may also be a first name.

Ayafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ayafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ayafa (Russian: Аыафа) is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ayafa? popularity and diffusion

Ayafa is the 1,101,507th most commonly used family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The surname Ayafa is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ayafa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most widespread forename at a global level, held by 102 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 839,539. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 43 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 20 percent reside and Kaduna, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Ayafa is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hayafa9111/
Ayafat912/
Ayafaj911/
Ayfa8949/
Hayafat831/
Ayafaya831/
Ayafe80678/
Ayafi80210/
Iyafa80172/
Eyafa8084/
Hayfa8070/
Oyafa8053/
Ayifa8029/
Ayefa8025/
Ayufa8013/
Ayafo809/
Ayfat806/
Uyafa804/
Ajafa804/
Aiafa802/
Ayofa802/
Aaifa801/
Ayfad801/
Ayafou73128/
Gayafi7353/
Hayfaz7322/
Gaiafa7316/
Hayufa7314/
Ayafuo7314/
Ayufah739/
Ayofat738/
Oyafah737/
Yoafay735/
Ayofah734/
Eyafaa734/
Ayafii733/
Ayapha733/
Aiafat732/
Giyafa732/
Hayfaa732/
Ayiffa732/
Ayaufe732/
Hajafa732/
Ayeefa731/
Eyaffa731/
Ajafay731/
Ajaffa731/
Ayfaut731/
Ayafer731/
Ayaffo731/
Ayaffi731/
Ayifah731/
Ahyafo731/
Ajafah731/
Aifa672,974/
Aufa671,730/
Yefa67387/
Afea6781/
Aîfa6736/
Aefa6717/
Eyfa677/
Eafa675/
Eyafa'a675/
Ajfa674/
Ayfo673/
Gaiaffa672/
Ayefaha672/
Ayfj671/
Oyfa671/
Aafe671/
Haujafa671/
Hayafij671/
Aiafaja671/
Uyfa671/
Ayfi671/
Ayefahe671/
Hayifai671/
Eyaffah671/
Ayafieh671/
Ayafouh671/
Ayfy671/

Ayafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ayafa in the Russian language
Аыафаayafa-

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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 Ayafa
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