Afolabi

surname · Latin script

Meaning: A surname from Yoruba

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/afɔlabʲi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Afolabi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Nigeria it is the 26th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 566K(measured from records)
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 7.9M
  • FIFinland1 in 98K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

588 people, 2010

Sources
228 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A surname from Yoruba.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Afolabi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Afolabi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—5881 in 566K1.2KAfolabi228
FI Finland—571 in 98K57—10
PL Poland—351 in 1.1M19—1
NG Nigeria#26≈27 est.≈1 in 7.9MlistedAfolabi131
ES Spain—231 in 2.2M23—13
NO Norway—161 in 342K16—5
CH Switzerland—141 in 600K14—7
VC St. Vincent & Grenadines—11 in 101K1——

588 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Afolabi is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Afọlábí

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Afọlábí, Afọlabi

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United Kingdom, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Afọlábí

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Jacob Afolabi, b. 1940Olabisi Afolabi, b. 1975Rabiu Afolabi, b. 1980Ola Afolabi, b. 1980Lasisi Elenu, b. 1991Abdulwaheed Afolabi, b. 1991Okiki Afolabi, b. 1994Sunday Afolabi, b. 1999Efeosa Afolabi, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Afolabi,
InformalHi Afolabi,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 29 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Afolabi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.2K#22,141
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010588#37,792
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000285#65,133
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—57#20,137
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—23#76,924
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—23#75,692
FI FinlandDVV — Sukunimitilasto (Finnish surnames register)—20—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202619—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—19#91,420
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202616—
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—16#47,122
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—16#100,899

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Afolabi mean, and where does it come from?
A surname from Yoruba. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Afolabi?
A machine transcription gives /afɔlabʲi/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Afolabi have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 588 people named Afolabi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled afolabi.
Where is Afolabi most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Afolabi is densest in Finland — about 1 in 98 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Afolabi?
In the United States, the national register counted 588 people named Afolabi in 2010, about 1 in 566 thousand residents.
How common is Afolabi compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Afolabi is the 26th most common surname of 346,007 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Afolabi” — the 26th most common surname in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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