Koftara Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Koftara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Koftara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koftara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koftara is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Koftara.
How Common Is The Last Name Koftara? popularity and diffusion
Koftara is the 8,968,613th most common surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Koftara live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The last name Koftara is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 6,923,023. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 67 percent reside and North Region, where 33 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Koftara occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Koftara
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