Nchor Surname

202,554th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,056 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Nchor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nchor Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana1,5931:16,9622,149
Nigeria4451:398,07420,926
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Nchor (63) may also be a first name.

Nchor Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nchor is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of Nchor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nchor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 202,554th most widely held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 3,544,526 people. The surname Nchor occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nchor live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nchor is also the 1,234,572nd most widespread forename on earth, borne by 63 people.

The last name Nchor is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,593 people, or 1 in 16,962. Without taking into account Ghana Nchor is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nchore91901/
Nchour914/
Nchort912/
N'Chor911/
Nnchor911/
Nchar80288/
N'Tchore771/
Nchare732,904/
Ncahar734/
Nkhore734/
Nsor673,010/
Njor671,036/
Nzor67377/
Ncharre6750/
Ncar679/
Ntchare671/
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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 Nchor
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