Hordofa Surname

58,049th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,716 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Hordofa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hordofa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia8,6931:11,2211,672
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Hordofa (21,037) may also be a first name.

Hordofa Last Name Facts

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

Hordofa is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Hordofa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 58,049th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 836,111 people. The surname Hordofa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Hordofa are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 100 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Hordofa is also the 36,421st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 21,037 people.

It is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 8,693 people, or 1 in 11,221. Without taking into account Ethiopia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hordoffa932/
Hordhofa931/
Ordofa929/
Hordefa864/
Hordofo862/
Hordofe861/
Ordhofa861/
Ordafa771/
Ordefai7117/
Jordafa711/
Khardoufi63170/
Ardofi622/
Jardafa572/
Khardafi534/
Ardeefah531/
Hardafee531/

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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 Hordofa
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