Njifor Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Njifor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 148 | 1:140,332 | 15,641 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Njifor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Njifor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Njifor is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Njifor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most frequent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Njifor live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 98 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Njifor is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 148 people, or 1 in 140,332. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Southwest Region, where 66 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Besides Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Njiofor | 92 | 131 | / |
| Nnjiofor | 86 | 12 | / |
| Njifoure | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngifor | 83 | 21 | / |
| Nzifor | 83 | 4 | / |
| Nyifor | 83 | 2 | / |
| Njefor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nnajiefor | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nchifor | 77 | 209 | / |
| Nyiefor | 77 | 13 | / |
| Nieford | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nsoifor | 77 | 2 | / |
| Njeafor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnajjiofor | 75 | 2 | / |
| Nnaijiofor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nneijiofor | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nieforth | 71 | 175 | / |
| Najgifar | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngefor | 67 | 737 | / |
| Nzefor | 67 | 17 | / |
| Nyífor | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nyefor | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nyiforová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nchefor | 62 | 25 | / |
| Nyefore | 62 | 9 | / |
| Nzeufor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nzetfor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ngeffor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Nzeafor | 62 | 1 | / |
| Niaeifar | 57 | 14 | / |
| Niefaart | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nyíforová | 53 | 3 | / |
| Gnessford | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Njifor
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