Fafemi Surname

1,459,453rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 146 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Fafemi Surname User-submission:

Fafemi is a Yoruba surname.

Ifa is the Yoruba oracle of divinity.

The surname Fafemi or Ifafemi means 'the Ifa oracle loves me'.

Fafemi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1341:1,321,96152,161
England111:5,065,278148,650
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Fafemi Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Fafemi is a Yoruba surname.

Ifa is the Yoruba oracle of divinity.

The surname Fafemi or Ifafemi means 'the Ifa oracle loves me'.

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Fafemi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fafemi is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fafemi.

How Common Is The Last Name Fafemi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,459,453rd most prevalent last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 49,914,698 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Fafemi reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Fafemi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 134 people, or 1 in 1,321,961. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kwara, where 50 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Osun, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Fafemi is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside and Ukraine, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fafamie773/
Fafima6713/
Faephimai673/
Fafime671/
Veffeme621/
Faphimai5714/
Faiphimai535/
Vefeme508/
Fofome508/
Fhofheimer501/
Fofame501/
Phaephimai501/
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Footnotes

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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 Fafemi
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