Vafie Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Vafie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Vafie (35) may also be a first name.
Vafie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vafie Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vafie is found in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vafie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Vafie live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 35 people.
This surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia Vafie is primarily concentrated in: Lofa County, where 100 percent live. Besides Liberia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 14 percent live and Iran, where 14 percent live.
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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 Vafie
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