Akufor Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Akufor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akufor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akufor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akufor is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Akufor.
How Common Is The Last Name Akufor? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akufor is the 4,649,889th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Akufor are found; 72 percent are found in Central Africa and 72 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Akufor is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 1,597,621. In Cameroon Akufor is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 85 percent live, East Region, where 8 percent live and Southwest Region, where 8 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 22 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 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
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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 Akufor
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