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 more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nwufor? popularity and diffusion
Nwufor is the 878,878th most widely held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Nwufor is primarily 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.
The surname Nwufor is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 77,787. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 88 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 6 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Nwufor exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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
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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 Nwufor
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