Nwokafor Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nwokafor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nwokafor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5291:334,86318,253
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128

Nwokafor Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nwokafor occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nwokafor? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 580,291st most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nwokafor reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Nwokafor is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 529 people, or 1 in 334,863. In Nigeria Nwokafor is most common in: Enugu, where 19 percent live, Abia, where 18 percent live and Rivers, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.

Nwokafor Last Name Statistics demography

Nwokafor earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.

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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 Nwokafor
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