Mfor Surname
Approximately 349 people bear this surname
Mfor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 315 | 1:65,934 | 8,354 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
Mfor (59) may also be a first name.
Mfor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mfor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mfor is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Mfor click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mfor? popularity and diffusion
It is the 802,733rd most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfor reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Mfor is also the 1,282,666th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 59 people.
The last name Mfor is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 315 people, or 1 in 65,934. In Cameroon Mfor is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 42 percent live, Northwest Region, where 30 percent live and Centre Region, where 14 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
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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 Mfor
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