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
The last name Mfor is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mfor? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 802,733rd most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 20,881,220 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfor are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,282,666th most prevalent given name globally, held by 59 people.
The surname Mfor is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 315 people, or 1 in 65,934. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 42 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 30 percent are found and Centre Region, where 14 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Mfor exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 10 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
- 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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