Nafor Surname

611,703rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 505 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nafor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nafor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4941:358,58919,295
Cameroon41:5,192,267135,173
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Nafor (100) may also be a first name.

Nafor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nafor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nafor (Arabic: نفور, Russian: Нафор) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nafor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 611,703rd most commonly held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 14,430,784 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nafor reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nafor is also the 946,056th most frequently held given name in the world, borne by 100 people.

The surname Nafor is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 494 people, or 1 in 358,589. In Nigeria Nafor is most common in: Ebonyi, where 47 percent live, Plateau, where 44 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Afghanistan, where 0 percent live.

Nafor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nafor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nafor last name declined 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngafor91372/
Nafore9186/
Nawfor9122/
Naafor9113/
Neafor919/
Nnafor918/
Nafour916/
Naffor911/
Nahfor911/
Nafoir911/
Naifor911/
Ngaffor833/
Nnafort833/
Nadfour831/
Nnawfor831/
Nnafore831/
Nahforh831/
Nneafor831/
Ngafoor831/
Naufour831/
Naffort831/
Nasfour831/
Nafford830/
Nafar80980/
Nofor80252/
Nefor801/
Nafur801/
Nashford772/
Nnajwfor771/
Nayforth771/
Nawfar73732/
Nafare73274/
Naifar7345/
Nafarh7343/
Naffar7338/
Ngofor7334/
Naphor7327/
Nofore7326/
Najfar7314/
Nadfar7313/
Noffor7312/
Naufar736/
Nafaur735/
Nasfar735/
Noufor734/
Nazfar732/
Newfor732/
Nuofor731/
Ngafur731/
Nafarr731/
Nuifor731/
Neefor731/
Noford731/
Neufor731/
Gnafar731/
Neafur730/
Neifor730/
Nafurd730/
Neiford6749/
Ngoufor6731/
Najphor6710/
Naifard675/
Noofoor673/
Nhafare671/
Nashfar671/
Naffart671/
Nnoefor671/
Nozfort671/
Neifour671/
Nofhour671/
Nofford670/
Neifort670/

Nafor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nafor in the Russian language
Нафорnafor-
Nafor in the Arabic language
نفورnfwr-

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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 Nafor
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