Afoumou Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Afoumou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afoumou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1361:152,71416,743
Ivory Coast431:536,54016,589
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Afoumou (14) may also be a first name.

Afoumou Last Name Facts

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

Afoumou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Afoumou.

How Common Is The Last Name Afoumou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,267,784th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 40,262,685 people. The last name Afoumou is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Afoumou live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used given name internationally, held by 14 people.

The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 152,714. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: South Region, where 54 percent reside, Centre Region, where 39 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 24 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Affoumou93560/
Afoumo923/
Ofoumou8624/
Afomo83214/
Afumu8376/
Afumo837/
Offoumou80669/
Afouma77167/
Affomo777/
Afeumo774/
Afamou773/
Gafumu771/
Hafumo771/
Hoffoumou7516/
Afomahoue751/
Adfamou7166/
Apfouma7116/
Afumuyo714/
Offomou713/
Afeiumo713/
Afayomo713/
Affouma712/
Hapfumo711/
Aufeumo711/
Afoumey711/
Hafouma711/
Afuma67631/
Afoma67211/
Ofomo6767/
Afamo6719/
Afijuomo678/
Afujuomo673/
Afejuomo673/
Ofumo671/
Adfamouy671/
Goffoumo671/

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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
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  • 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 Afoumou
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