Eghafona Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Eghafona Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eghafona Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria641:2,767,85688,308
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England61:9,286,343223,652

Eghafona (25) may also be a first name.

Eghafona Last Name Facts

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

The last name Eghafona is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Eghafona click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eghafona? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,075,631st most commonly held last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Eghafona live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 25 people.

The last name Eghafona is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria Eghafona is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 75 percent are found and Delta, where 25 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 15 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.

Eghafona Last Name Statistics demography

Eghafona earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.52% more than the national average, earning $57,612 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eghafuna881/
Egafono801/
Oghofona751/
Oghofonah711/
Agafena6736/
Agafono672/
Ogofonah6322/
Ogoufona631/
Ighoefena5910/
Egofane531/
Agavanah503/

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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 Eghafona
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