Adafor Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Adafor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Adafor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Adafor (166) may also be a first name.

Adafor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Adafor is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Adafor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Adafor is the 4,427,875th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Adafor are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 710,504th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 166 people.

Adafor is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Adafor is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 84 percent live and Ondo, where 16 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Adeafor922/
Aitdafour801/
Adafare773/
Gadafar772/
Odeafor771/
Gadhafar711/
Haddadfar67137/
Edefor6713/
Adofar672/
Hadaddfard6311/
Oduofor6248/
Godafar628/
Odeifor624/
Adofure622/
Odofore621/
Edaffar621/
Adophar621/
Adaphar621/
Hodaifar577/
Odeifour571/
Hadaphar571/
Hodaifard531/
Gadaiphar531/

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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 Adafor
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