Awafong Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Awafong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 70 | 1:296,701 | 27,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Awafong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Awafong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Awafong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Awafong? popularity and diffusion
Awafong is the 2,255,512th most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Awafong reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 70 people, or 1 in 296,701. In Cameroon Awafong is most common in: Northwest Region, where 61 percent reside, Centre Region, where 34 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Awafong
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