Nforba Surname

975,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 265 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nforba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nforba 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
Cameroon2641:78,6719,664
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Nforba (13) may also be a first name.

Nforba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nforba is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nforba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 975,866th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 27,500,173 people. The surname Nforba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nforba live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name worldwide, held by 13 people.

The last name Nforba is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 78,671. In Cameroon Nforba is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 49 percent live, Southwest Region, where 26 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 0 percent live.

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
Nforbah9286/
Nforbaa921/
Nforbi83323/
Nforbe8311/
Mforba8310/
Nforbo831/
Nforwa831/
Nforwah7745/
Mforbah7740/
Mforbi6787/
Mforbe679/
Mferba671/
Mforbes627/
Mforbei621/
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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 Nforba
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