Asafor Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Asafor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Asafor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2351:88,37910,660
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Asafor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Asafor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Asafor is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Asafor? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,009,375th most prevalent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Asafor live; 93 percent live in Central Africa and 93 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Asafor is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 235 people, or 1 in 88,379. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 53 percent live, Centre Region, where 24 percent live and Southwest Region, where 11 percent live. Other than Cameroon it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Asafor Last Name Statistics demography

Asafor earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 74.51% less than the national average, earning $11,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Asahfor9238/
Asiafor9210/
Asafoor923/
Assafor921/
Asahafor861/
Asafar83869/
Asefor8320/
Osafor8312/
Ajafor835/
Asafur835/
Asofor834/
Azafor831/
Assafar77480/
Ashofor77409/
Ashefor7769/
Ashafar7722/
Asadfar7711/
Asohfor773/
Achafor772/
Aziafor771/
Asefour771/
Azafore771/
Osaffor771/
Ahsafar771/
Osaford770/
Assaffar71138/
Hassafar7123/
Ashaafar711/
Assafare711/
Ajafar67123/
Esofor6796/
Azafar6770/
Azefor6727/
Osofor6713/
Ojafor679/
Osefor675/
Asofar673/
Aitjafour672/
Osafur672/
Esafar671/
Ocafor671/
Asafurova671/
Asefar671/
Asofur671/
Ajofor671/
Hassasfar671/
Hossaford670/

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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 Asafor
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