Pafer Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Pafer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Pafer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pafer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pafer is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pafer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 42 percent of Pafer are found; 42 percent are found in West Africa and 42 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Pafer is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 17 percent reside and Germany, where 8 percent reside.
Pafer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Pafer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Pafer surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Pafer
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