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
The surname Niforas is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Niforas? popularity and diffusion
It is the 760,012th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Niforas reside; 98 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 98 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.
The surname Niforas is most widely held in Greece, where it is held by 369 people, or 1 in 30,027. In Greece Niforas is most common in: Western Greece, where 86 percent live, Attica, where 14 percent live and Ionian Islands, where 0 percent live. Aside from Greece this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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