Nwaforo Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Nwaforo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nwaforo (6) may also be a first name.
Nwaforo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwaforo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwaforo is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwaforo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Nwaforo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwaforo reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 6 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria Nwaforo is mostly found in: Delta, where 33 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 33 percent reside and Kaduna, where 33 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent reside.
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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 Nwaforo
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