Ifoma Surname

525,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 617 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ifoma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ifoma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo5341:138,35114,711
Nigeria821:2,160,27874,262
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Ifoma (2,174) may also be a first name.

Ifoma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ifoma is most common in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ifoma click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ifoma? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 525,631st most prevalent last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 11,811,258 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ifoma live; 87 percent live in Central Africa and 87 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ifoma is also the 160,793rd most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 2,174 people.

The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 534 people, or 1 in 138,351. Other than The DR Congo this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and Trinidad and Tobago, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ifomah9119/
Ifoema916/
Ifuoma915/
Ifouma912/
Iffoma911/
Ufoma80487/
Efoma80408/
Ifomi80144/
Ifema8089/
Ifuma8055/
Ifama8037/
Ifomo8027/
Ufuoma732,095/
Efomah7366/
Ifeema7362/
Efuoma7317/
Aifomi737/
Aifema736/
Aifama736/
Aifuma732/
Uffoma732/
Ifemah732/
Ifoumi731/
Yfeoma731/
Ufooma731/
Ufoema731/
Hifomi731/
Itfuma731/
Ufomau731/
Effomah6730/
Aifamas6724/
Ifoumou6710/
Ifamaya674/
Effouma671/
Uffuoma671/
Ifaamah671/
Efoumga671/
Ifumgah671/
Giffomi671/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Ifoma
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis