Torvor Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Torvor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Torvor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Torvor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Torvor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Torvor has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Torvor.

How Common Is The Last Name Torvor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Torvor is the 3,730,171st most commonly used family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Torvor live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 83 percent are found and Ogun, where 17 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Torvor is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 32 percent are found and The United States, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Torbor83961/
Torwor8313/
Torvur834/
Torvar834/
Tarvor832/
Toruore7735/
Torborh7727/
Torbort7710/
Torwort771/
Thorwort711/
Thorbore710/
Tarvar67117/
Thorworth6742/
Torbar6739/
Turvar6718/
Torbur674/
Torwar672/

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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 Torvor
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