Nkafor Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Nkafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 129 | 1:161,001 | 17,453 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
Nkafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkafor is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkafor? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nkafor is the 1,434,893rd most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkafor are found; 86 percent are found in Central Africa and 86 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Nkafor is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 129 people, or 1 in 161,001. In Cameroon Nkafor is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 50 percent are found, Centre Region, where 19 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 16 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Nkafor
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