Ayafu Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Ayafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 38 | 1:4,661,652 | 124,734 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ayafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ayafu is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayafu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ayafu is the 3,141,416th most widely held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. Ayafu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayafu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 4,661,652. In Nigeria Ayafu is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 71 percent live, Rivers, where 16 percent live and Kogi, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayafou | 91 | 128 | / |
| Ayafus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ayfu | 89 | 23 | / |
| Ayafouh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ayefu | 80 | 702 | / |
| Iyafu | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ayifu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ayufu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ayofu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ayfou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ajafu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ayiofu | 73 | 25 | / |
| Iyafou | 73 | 12 | / |
| Ayefou | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ajafeu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gaiafu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayofuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayifou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ayfaut | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ajafou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hayofu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hayfus | 73 | 0 | / |
| Aifu | 67 | 37 | / |
| Yefu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Aufu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Hayifut | 67 | 4 | / |
| Afeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Uyfu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Eyfu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayifeut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ga'iafu | 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
- 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 Ayafu
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