Ifoto Surname

232,426th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,737 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ifoto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ifoto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,3401:132,1968,582
DR Congo3901:189,43519,115
Papua New Guinea51:1,630,743129,019
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Ifoto Last Name Facts

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

Ifoto is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ifoto? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ifoto is the 232,426th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 4,195,478 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ifoto are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,340 people, or 1 in 132,196. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 84 percent are found, Delta, where 5 percent are found and Imo, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.

Ifoto Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Ifoto surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Aifoto912/
Ifota80802/
Ifuto80219/
Efoto8084/
Ifeto8021/
Ifato803/
Ufoto801/
Yifostho771/
Ifouta73203/
Gifota7334/
Yifota7327/
Hifato7316/
Ifoita734/
Esfoto732/
Itfuto731/
Gifato731/
Efoutou6727/
Haifeto678/
Gaifato674/
Ufoytho671/

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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 Ifoto
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