Nwufor Surname
Approximately 307 people bear this surname
Nwufor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 267 | 1:77,787 | 9,575 |
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Nwufor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nwufor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nwufor is found most in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nwufor click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwufor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 878,878th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Nwufor are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 77,787. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent live, Littoral Region, where 6 percent live and Southwest Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Nwufor is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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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- 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 Nwufor
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