Nwefor Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Nwefor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Nwefor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwefor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwefor occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwefor? popularity and diffusion
Nwefor is the 3,017,195th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Nwefor reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Nwefor is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Nwefor is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 81 percent reside, Abia, where 4 percent reside and Edo, where 4 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 31 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nwaefor | 92 | 4 | / |
| Nweafor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwuefor | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nwafor | 83 | 215,664 | / |
| Nwofor | 83 | 2,826 | / |
| Nwifor | 83 | 263 | / |
| Nwefur | 83 | 10 | / |
| Nuefor | 83 | 1 | / |
| Nwaafor | 77 | 71 | / |
| Nnwafor | 77 | 36 | / |
| Nwiffor | 77 | 31 | / |
| Nwaffor | 77 | 26 | / |
| Nwwafor | 77 | 13 | / |
| Nwefure | 77 | 12 | / |
| Nwaforh | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nwoffor | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nwahfor | 77 | 4 | / |
| Nwaifor | 77 | 3 | / |
| Nwajfor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwaforr | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwafoor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwhafor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nnwofor | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nwafar | 67 | 26 | / |
| Mbefor | 67 | 4 | / |
| Nwifur | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nwofar | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuifor | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nwophor | 62 | 24 | / |
| Nwiphor | 62 | 4 | / |
| Nwaphor | 62 | 2 | / |
| Nwahphor | 57 | 1 | / |
| Mbifor | 50 | 29 | / |
| Nuifar | 50 | 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 Nwefor
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