Afor Surname
Approximately 4,069 people bear this surname
Afor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,009 | 1:88,175 | 6,154 |
| Cameroon | 1,976 | 1:10,511 | 1,399 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Pakistan | 16 | 1:11,165,243 | 51,703 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Afor (2,715) may also be a first name.
Afor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Afor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Afor (Arabic: افور, Russian: Афор) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Afor.
How Common Is The Last Name Afor? popularity and diffusion
Afor is the 113,674th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,790,992 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Afor reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 140,467th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 2,715 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,009 people, or 1 in 88,175. In Nigeria Afor is most common in: Cross River, where 29 percent live, Delta, where 17 percent live and Ebonyi, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 49 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Afor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Afor in the Russian language | ||
| Афор | afor | - |
| Afor in the Arabic language | ||
| افور | afwr | - |
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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 Afor
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