Ifara Surname
Approximately 505 people bear this surname
Ifara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 275 | 1:644,155 | 30,300 |
| DR Congo | 226 | 1:326,901 | 29,253 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ifara (126) may also be a first name.
Ifara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ifara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ifara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺮﺍ, Hindi: इफरा) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ifara? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 611,703rd most prevalent family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. The last name Ifara is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ifara are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 829,183rd most common first name world-wide. It is borne by 126 people.
The surname Ifara is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 644,155. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 66 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Plateau, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ifara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ifara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﺮﺍ | afra | - |
| Ifara in the Hindi language | ||
| इफरा | iphara | - |
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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 Ifara
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