Samafo Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Samafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 11 | 1:1,440,902 | 31,383 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Samafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Samafo has its highest incidence in Zambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Samafo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,057,639th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samafo reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Zambia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,440,902. In Zambia Samafo is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 91 percent reside and North-Western Province, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account Zambia it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 13 percent reside and Angola, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samafou | 92 | 1,509 | / |
| Sammafou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Samafa | 83 | 82 | / |
| Siemafo | 77 | 11 | / |
| Shamafa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Semafou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zamafou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Scamoffo | 71 | 2 | / |
| Soumafou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Siemaffo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sammapho | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sammaphot | 67 | 100 | / |
| Semafa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Somafa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zemafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Camafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samofa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somefo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zomafo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samofat | 62 | 33 | / |
| Semapfa | 62 | 22 | / |
| Siemefo | 62 | 13 | / |
| Semavoh | 62 | 7 | / |
| Ssemafa | 62 | 6 | / |
| Samofad | 62 | 4 | / |
| Samavah | 62 | 3 | / |
| Samepho | 62 | 1 | / |
| Samefeu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Seymafa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Camapho | 62 | 1 | / |
| Scamoffa | 57 | 24 | / |
| Samaphat | 57 | 13 | / |
| Samaapha | 57 | 4 | / |
| Siemafeu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Sommapho | 57 | 1 | / |
| Djomafou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Soumeafa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Samaaphat | 53 | 242 | / |
| Jomofo | 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
- 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 Samafo
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