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 last name Samafo occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samafo? popularity and diffusion
Samafo is the 5,057,639th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Samafo reside; 80 percent reside in Southern Africa and 73 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,440,902. In Zambia Samafo is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 91 percent live and North-Western Province, where 9 percent live. Besides Zambia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 13 percent live and Angola, where 7 percent live.
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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