Mbafor Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Mbafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 260 | 1:79,881 | 9,800 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mbafor (24) may also be a first name.
Mbafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mbafor is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbafor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 953,750th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,596,883 people. The last name Mbafor is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Mbafor are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 24 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 260 people, or 1 in 79,881. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 43 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 30 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 13 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Mbafor
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