Atafu Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Atafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Atafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atafu is most common in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atafu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,063,924th most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Atafu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Atafu are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 40 percent live, Benue, where 20 percent live and Cross River, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in New Zealand, where 20 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atafuh | 91 | 16 | / |
| Atafou | 91 | 7 | / |
| Hatafu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Attafou | 83 | 31 | / |
| Astafui | 83 | 6 | / |
| Gattafu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Otafu | 80 | 445 | / |
| Atefu | 80 | 24 | / |
| Etafu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Atofau | 73 | 53 | / |
| Hatofu | 73 | 16 | / |
| Atofeu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Atefuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Otaefu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ahatefu | 67 | 528 | / |
| Autaphu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ateifou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahatefou | 62 | 11 | / |
| Outafout | 62 | 7 | / |
| Auttaphu | 62 | 4 | / |
| Authaphu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Attaphut | 62 | 1 | / |
| Etefu | 60 | 22 | / |
| Otofu | 60 | 6 | / |
| Otefu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Autthaphu | 57 | 4 | / |
| Etefou | 55 | 24 | / |
| Otuofu | 55 | 7 | / |
| Etohfu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Otaphu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ottofu | 55 | 0 | / |
| Atopheu | 50 | 1 | / |
| Otaephu | 50 | 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 Atafu
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