Zamfara Surname
Approximately 263 people bear this surname
Zamfara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 257 | 1:689,271 | 31,915 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
Zamfara (124) may also be a first name.
Zamfara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamfara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zamfara is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamfara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 980,795th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 27,709,300 people. The surname Zamfara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Zamfara are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 836,439th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 124 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria Zamfara is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 65 percent are found, Kogi, where 14 percent are found and Adamawa, where 5 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and Australia, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zamfaraa | 93 | 1 | / |
| Szamfara | 93 | 1 | / |
| Zanfara | 86 | 561 | / |
| Zamfare | 86 | 2 | / |
| Zamfari | 86 | 1 | / |
| Camfara | 86 | 0 | / |
| Samfaraj | 80 | 7 | / |
| Sanfara | 71 | 86 | / |
| Janfara | 71 | 36 | / |
| Samfora | 71 | 21 | / |
| Zanfari | 71 | 12 | / |
| Canfara | 71 | 11 | / |
| Camfora | 71 | 3 | / |
| Samfari | 71 | 2 | / |
| Jamfaro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Zanfaro | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sanfaraj | 67 | 85 | / |
| Sanfaraz | 67 | 29 | / |
| Samforay | 67 | 11 | / |
| Chanfara | 67 | 3 | / |
| Djanfara | 67 | 2 | / |
| Cianfara | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zanfoura | 67 | 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 Zamfara
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