Ayafa Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Ayafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 211 | 1:839,539 | 37,032 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
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
The surname Ayafa (Russian: Аыафа) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,101,507th most widely held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 32,826,783 people. The last name Ayafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Ayafa live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayafa is also the 935,178th most numerous given name throughout the world It is held by 102 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 211 people, or 1 in 839,539. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 43 percent live, Nasarawa, where 20 percent live and Kaduna, where 12 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayafa | 91 | 11 | / |
| Ayafat | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ayafaj | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ayfa | 89 | 49 | / |
| Hayafat | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ayafaya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ayafe | 80 | 678 | / |
| Ayafi | 80 | 210 | / |
| Iyafa | 80 | 172 | / |
| Eyafa | 80 | 84 | / |
| Hayfa | 80 | 70 | / |
| Oyafa | 80 | 53 | / |
| Ayifa | 80 | 29 | / |
| Ayefa | 80 | 25 | / |
| Ayufa | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ayafo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Ayfat | 80 | 6 | / |
| Uyafa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ajafa | 80 | 4 | / |
| Aiafa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ayofa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aaifa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ayfad | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ayafou | 73 | 128 | / |
| Gayafi | 73 | 53 | / |
| Hayfaz | 73 | 22 | / |
| Gaiafa | 73 | 16 | / |
| Hayufa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ayafuo | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ayufah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Ayofat | 73 | 8 | / |
| Oyafah | 73 | 7 | / |
| Yoafay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ayofah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Eyafaa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ayafii | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ayapha | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aiafat | 73 | 2 | / |
| Giyafa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hayfaa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayiffa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayaufe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hajafa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayeefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eyaffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajafay | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajaffa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayfaut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayafer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayaffo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayaffi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayifah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ahyafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajafah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aifa | 67 | 2,974 | / |
| Aufa | 67 | 1,730 | / |
| Yefa | 67 | 387 | / |
| Afea | 67 | 81 | / |
| Aîfa | 67 | 36 | / |
| Aefa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Eyfa | 67 | 7 | / |
| Eafa | 67 | 5 | / |
| Eyafa'a | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ajfa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ayfo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gaiaffa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayefaha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayfj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haujafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayafij | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiafaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uyfa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayfi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayefahe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayifai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyaffah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayafieh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayafouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayfy | 67 | 1 | / |
Ayafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ayafa in the Russian language | ||
| Аыафа | ayafa | - |
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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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