Bamfoumou Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Congo
Highest density in:
Congo

Bamfoumou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bamfoumou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Congo101:498,91011,250
France21:33,211,361423,184
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Bamfoumou Last Name Facts

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

Bamfoumou is carried by more people in The Congo than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamfoumou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Bamfoumou are found; 77 percent are found in Central Africa and 77 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in The Congo, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 498,910. In The Congo Bamfoumou is mostly concentrated in: Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 40 percent reside, Pointe-Noire Department, where 40 percent reside and Brazzaville Department, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account The Congo this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in France, where 15 percent reside and Switzerland, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Biamfoumou954/
Bamfumu88451/
Ba Mfumu821/
Biamfumu821/
Wamfumu7548/
Banfumu755/
Bimfumu751/
Baimvoum711/
Bimfouma711/
Bamfuama711/
Bamfim672/
Bomfom672/
Pamfom671/
Bamfem671/
Banpfouma671/
Wanfumu631/
Wamfama505/
Wonfumu501/
Wanfuma501/

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Bamfoumou
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis