Mafor Surname
Approximately 1,839 people bear this surname
Mafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,664 | 1:12,481 | 1,682 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Mafor (34) may also be a first name.
Mafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mafor (Arabic: معفور) is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mafor? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 221,768th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,962,776 people. Mafor is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mafor are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 90 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mafor is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 34 people.
The last name Mafor is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,664 people, or 1 in 12,481. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 44 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 39 percent reside and Centre Region, where 6 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.
Mafor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Mafor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mafor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mafor in the Arabic language | ||
| معفور | mfwr | - |
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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 Mafor
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