Atafo Surname
Approximately 588 people bear this surname
Atafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 502 | 1:352,874 | 19,032 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Atafo (26) may also be a first name.
Atafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atafo has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Atafo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atafo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 544,808th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 12,393,786 people. Atafo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Atafo live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 26 people.
The surname Atafo is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 352,874. In Nigeria Atafo is most frequent in: Edo, where 54 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Kaduna, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atafoh | 91 | 163 | / |
| Ataifo | 91 | 76 | / |
| Aitafo | 91 | 56 | / |
| Attafo | 91 | 28 | / |
| Atafou | 91 | 7 | / |
| Ataffo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Aitafoh | 83 | 60 | / |
| Attafou | 83 | 31 | / |
| Attaifo | 83 | 6 | / |
| Asteafo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Etafo | 80 | 214 | / |
| Atafa | 80 | 51 | / |
| Otafo | 80 | 9 | / |
| Atofo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Atefo | 80 | 5 | / |
| Attaifoh | 77 | 4 | / |
| Etaifo | 73 | 176 | / |
| Atatfa | 73 | 163 | / |
| Attafa | 73 | 142 | / |
| Astafa | 73 | 118 | / |
| Ateufo | 73 | 52 | / |
| Etafoh | 73 | 27 | / |
| Atafat | 73 | 10 | / |
| Attefo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Attofo | 73 | 6 | / |
| Otaifo | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ataifa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eteafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Etahfo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eitafo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aztafa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Atafad | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ataefa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Atoffo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Attatfa | 67 | 710 | / |
| Eitafoh | 67 | 77 | / |
| Otaifoh | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ostafoi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Autapho | 67 | 2 | / |
| Attafah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gataifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atteufo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Astaifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ateifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atafaah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ateuffo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Atheufo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahtapho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aitofoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| A'Stafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ashtafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Astoifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asteifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Austafa | 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
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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 Atafo
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