Ayafe Surname
Approximately 678 people bear this surname
Ayafe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 678 | 1:261,273 | 14,990 |
Ayafe (16) may also be a first name.
Ayafe Demographics
Ayafe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ayafe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayafe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ayafe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayafe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ayafe is the 488,996th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 10,748,593 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayafe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayafe is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 678 people, or 1 in 261,273. In Nigeria it is most common in: Borno, where 91 percent reside, Kaduna, where 3 percent reside and Plateau, where 2 percent reside.
Ayafe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (98%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayaufe | 91 | 2 | / |
| Ayafer | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ayaf | 89 | 254 | / |
| Aafe | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ayafieh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ayofe | 80 | 1,135 | / |
| Iyafe | 80 | 705 | / |
| Ayfer | 80 | 601 | / |
| Ayafa | 80 | 222 | / |
| Ayafi | 80 | 210 | / |
| Ahyaf | 80 | 199 | / |
| Eyafe | 80 | 73 | / |
| Gayaf | 80 | 67 | / |
| Aaafe | 80 | 39 | / |
| Ayefe | 80 | 25 | / |
| Ayife | 80 | 21 | / |
| Hayaf | 80 | 14 | / |
| Haafe | 80 | 5 | / |
| Ajafe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aafee | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ayfee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aysfe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afe | 75 | 5,013 | / |
| Ayf | 75 | 12 | / |
| Eyaufe | 73 | 336 | / |
| Gayafi | 73 | 53 | / |
| Ayoofe | 73 | 14 | / |
| Hayafa | 73 | 11 | / |
| Hayfer | 73 | 10 | / |
| Ayafii | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ajafeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ayaffi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayoffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hayfee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hayefe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hyyafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayafaj | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayiffe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hayfey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ayeb | 67 | 3,009 | / |
| Afey | 67 | 2,791 | / |
| Ayew | 67 | 1,938 | / |
| Ayab | 67 | 792 | / |
| Ayav | 67 | 613 | / |
| Ayaw | 67 | 453 | / |
| Hafe | 67 | 431 | / |
| Affe | 67 | 387 | / |
| Ayev | 67 | 353 | / |
| Yefe | 67 | 258 | / |
| Aufe | 67 | 229 | / |
| Afee | 67 | 166 | / |
| Ayuf | 67 | 160 | / |
| Ajaf | 67 | 148 | / |
| Afea | 67 | 81 | / |
| Aife | 67 | 68 | / |
| Ayfa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Afei | 67 | 22 | / |
| Ayof | 67 | 22 | / |
| Aiaf | 67 | 21 | / |
| Gayf | 67 | 16 | / |
| Aefe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Oyfe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Afhe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aaif | 67 | 6 | / |
| Hayf | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ayif | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ayef | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aysf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aytf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayyf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Awfe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ahyf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yoaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ayafaya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aydf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ajfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aiyf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Apfe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aywf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eyaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayfj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayfetz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahaffey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gayuffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayafij | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayhiffe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hayefeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayfz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayfs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayfy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayfi | 67 | 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
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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 Ayafe
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