Ifam Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Ifam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 104 | 1:1,703,296 | 62,619 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ifam (168) may also be a first name.
Ifam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ifam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ifam is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ifam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,612,213th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Ifam live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 705,855th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 168 people.
The surname Ifam is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 61 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent reside and Lagos, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Ifam is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 7 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ifham | 89 | 1,299 | / |
| Ifame | 89 | 50 | / |
| Iffam | 89 | 23 | / |
| Hifam | 89 | 6 | / |
| Ifaim | 89 | 3 | / |
| Ifaam | 89 | 1 | / |
| Idfam | 89 | 1 | / |
| Isfam | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ifhaam | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ifaham | 80 | 10 | / |
| Ifatim | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ifeame | 80 | 1 | / |
| Jifaim | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gaifam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Giffam | 80 | 1 | / |
| Iffham | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aifham | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hifham | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ifan | 75 | 2,247 | / |
| Efam | 75 | 396 | / |
| Ufam | 75 | 30 | / |
| Ifom | 75 | 12 | / |
| Aifan | 67 | 7,704 | / |
| Isfan | 67 | 907 | / |
| Ifang | 67 | 641 | / |
| Yifan | 67 | 374 | / |
| Ifand | 67 | 185 | / |
| Işfan | 67 | 98 | / |
| Effam | 67 | 90 | / |
| Ihfan | 67 | 67 | / |
| Ișfan | 67 | 41 | / |
| Iffan | 67 | 35 | / |
| Gifom | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ifhan | 67 | 15 | / |
| Išfan | 67 | 14 | / |
| Efame | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hifan | 67 | 13 | / |
| Jifan | 67 | 12 | / |
| Idfan | 67 | 12 | / |
| Iefan | 67 | 9 | / |
| Efham | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ifean | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ifaan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gifan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Iofan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Itfan | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ifain | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ifgan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ipham | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yfame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eifan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yfamt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Esfam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ifane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uffam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ifayn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ufham | 67 | 0 | / |
| Iffom | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hufam | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ifam
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