Chamfor Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Chamfor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chamfor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Chamfor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chamfor is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chamfor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chamfor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,432,070th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Chamfor live; 88 percent live in Central Africa and 88 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

Chamfor is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon Chamfor is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 62 percent live and Southwest Region, where 38 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 9 percent live and Sudan, where 3 percent live.

Chamfor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Chamfor has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chamfor last name rose 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Chamfor
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