Ifoba Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ifoba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ifoba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Ifoba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ifoba is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ifoba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ifoba reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ifoba is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 90 percent live and Rivers, where 10 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Ifoba exists in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ifuba8051/
Ifeba805/
Efoba802/
Ifobo801/
Ifaba801/
Ifobi801/
Efouba732,621/
Aifobo7321/
Aifowa734/
Ufuoba732/
Ifuuba732/
Ifabas732/
Iofova731/
Ifubah731/
Ifompa731/
Hifuba731/
Efobat731/
Effouba6747/
Gaifuba6735/
Aifobhe671/
Iphouba671/
Efoubat671/
Gaifova671/

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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 Ifoba
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