Ah Foo Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Ah Foo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ah Foo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Ah Foo (192) may also be a first name.

Ah Foo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ah Foo is found in Malaysia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ah Foo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ah Foo is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ah Foo reside; 100 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 100 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 655,603rd most widespread forename world-wide, held by 192 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 2,949,422. In Malaysia Ah Foo is mostly concentrated in: Sabah, where 50 percent reside, Kuala Lumpur, where 10 percent reside and Malacca, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ah Fo911/
Ah Foh834/
Ah-Foo831/
Ah Fou831/
Ah Fot830/
Ah Fa733/
Ah Fat67102/
Ah-Fou6720/
Ah Fah6717/
Ah Fui671/
Ah Voh671/
Ah-Foy671/
Ah Fatt6233/
Ah-Fa5524/
Ah-Fat50110/
Ah-Fah5020/
Ah Vui5011/
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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 Ah Foo
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