Niforas Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Niforas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 369 | 1:30,027 | 4,648 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Niforas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niforas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niforas is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niforas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 760,012th most common last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 19,381,771 people. Niforas is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Niforas are found; 98 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.
Niforas is most widely held in Greece, where it is carried by 369 people, or 1 in 30,027. In Greece it is primarily found in: Western Greece, where 86 percent reside, Attica, where 14 percent reside and Ionian Islands, where 0 percent reside. Not including Greece this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nifora | 92 | 225 | / |
| Niforos | 86 | 411 | / |
| Neforas | 86 | 38 | / |
| Nifforos | 80 | 4 | / |
| Neforast | 80 | 0 | / |
| Nifara | 77 | 4 | / |
| Niforo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Niforou | 71 | 190 | / |
| Neforos | 71 | 56 | / |
| Naifara | 71 | 1 | / |
| Neforosh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nesfoora | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neforosova | 59 | 9 | / |
| Ngeforo | 57 | 22 | / |
| Ngefara | 57 | 21 | / |
| Nesforo | 57 | 2 | / |
| Nifaroj | 57 | 1 | / |
| Neafara | 57 | 1 | / |
| Neferos | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nipharat | 53 | 158 | / |
| Nisfaroh | 53 | 9 | / |
| Noiphara | 53 | 6 | / |
| Niphatra | 53 | 4 | / |
| Nyoforoh | 53 | 1 | / |
| Niphattra | 50 | 4 | / |
| Nitphatra | 50 | 4 | / |
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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
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- 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 Niforas
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