Fafioye Surname

1,453,389th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 147 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Fafioye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fafioye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1451:1,221,67449,169
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Fafioye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fafioye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fafioye? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,453,389th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fafioye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Fafioye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 145 people, or 1 in 1,221,674. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Osun, where 32 percent are found, Lagos, where 24 percent are found and Oyo, where 22 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Fafioye is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fafisoye9315/
Fafoye92161/
Fafiye922/
Fafie8344/
Fafoe838/
Fafye831/
Faifoe774/
Fafaye774/
Faffie771/
Fafiya771/
Fafoya770/
Fafiães713/
Fafiyad711/
Faifoue711/
Fofie678,894/
Fofoe67426/
Fafay6730/
Fafai6726/
Fafou6715/
Fafee678/
Fafui677/
Fafei672/
Fofoy671/
Fashfaie671/
Fafoi671/
Fafisayo671/
Fafae671/
Fafitiya671/
Fafij671/

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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 Fafioye
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