Aforah Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Aforah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Aforah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aforah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Aforah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Aforah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently used family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aforah live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria Aforah is most frequent in: Plateau, where 78 percent live and Lagos, where 22 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 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 Aforah
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