Athora Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Athora Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 182 | 1:973,312 | 41,407 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Athora Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Athora Come From? nationality or country of origin
Athora is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Athora? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,257,535th most frequently held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 39,822,655 people. The surname Athora occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Athora are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 182 people, or 1 in 973,312. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 85 percent live, Bayelsa, where 8 percent live and Ondo, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Iceland, where 1 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
- 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 Athora
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