Njofor Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Njofor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Njofor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon871:238,72523,654
England11:55,718,059489,080
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Njofor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Njofor is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Njofor? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,980,395th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Njofor are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon Njofor is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 62 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 34 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Nsoffor775/
Nsuofor772/
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Nnajioffor7537/
Nnajjiofor752/
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Nnajiofffor711/
Nchoufor711/
Nzouford711/
Nyafor6770/
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Neafor679/
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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 Njofor
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