Agbafor Surname
Approximately 2,082 people bear this surname
Agbafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,079 | 1:85,206 | 5,986 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Agbafor (251) may also be a first name.
Agbafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Agbafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Agbafor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Agbafor? popularity and diffusion
Agbafor is the 200,455th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,500,262 people. The surname Agbafor occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Agbafor are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Agbafor is also the 562,655th most frequent given name throughout the world. It is borne by 251 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,079 people, or 1 in 85,206. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 67 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agbaefor | 93 | 2 | / |
| Agbaifor | 93 | 1 | / |
| Agbofor | 86 | 25 | / |
| Agwafor | 86 | 18 | / |
| Agbefor | 86 | 5 | / |
| Aigbefor | 80 | 5 | / |
| Agbafure | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aigbofor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ogbaifor | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oguafor | 71 | 88 | / |
| Aguofor | 71 | 50 | / |
| Ogbefor | 71 | 21 | / |
| Egbofor | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akwafor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ogbofor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eigbefor | 67 | 9 | / |
| Egbuofor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aguoffor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ogboifor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okuafor | 57 | 6 | / |
| Oguofor | 57 | 4 | / |
| Okwuafor | 53 | 14 | / |
| Oguoffor | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Agbafor
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