Afolabi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba Afọlábí.

Proper noun

Afolabi (plural Afolabis)

1. A surname from Yoruba.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Afolabi is the 37792^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 588 individuals. Afolabi is most common among Black/African American (97.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Afolabi”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.