Amafor Surname
Approximately 158 people bear this surname
Amafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 154 | 1:1,150,278 | 47,013 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Amafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Amafor occurs most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amafor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Amafor is the 1,385,851st most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amafor reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Amafor is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 1,150,278. In Nigeria Amafor is mostly found in: Delta, where 52 percent are found, Abia, where 14 percent are found and Edo, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameafor | 92 | 3 | / |
| Gamafor | 92 | 2 | / |
| Amafoor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Amafoure | 86 | 5 | / |
| Amaifort | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hamaford | 86 | 0 | / |
| Amefor | 83 | 26 | / |
| Emafor | 83 | 20 | / |
| Amafar | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amafur | 83 | 1 | / |
| Amofor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Omafor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hammaford | 80 | 0 | / |
| Emeafor | 77 | 42 | / |
| Amafure | 77 | 16 | / |
| Amaphor | 77 | 4 | / |
| Homafor | 77 | 3 | / |
| Hamafur | 77 | 2 | / |
| Atmafar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Asmafar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hemafor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amafare | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gamafar | 77 | 1 | / |
| Amadfard | 71 | 22 | / |
| Amosford | 71 | 5 | / |
| Hamafard | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emofor | 67 | 30 | / |
| Omofor | 67 | 30 | / |
| Emefor | 67 | 18 | / |
| Oumadfour | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amefar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahmadfard | 67 | 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 Amafor
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