Nwanfor Surname
Approximately 1,744 people bear this surname
Nwanfor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,743 | 1:101,631 | 6,892 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nwanfor (185) may also be a first name.
Nwanfor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwanfor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nwanfor occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwanfor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 231,683rd most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,178,639 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nwanfor live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nwanfor is also the 669,105th most common forename globally It is held by 185 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,743 people, or 1 in 101,631. In Nigeria Nwanfor is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 38 percent reside, Enugu, where 13 percent reside and Abia, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Nwanfor is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 0 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 Nwanfor
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