Befong Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Befong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Befong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Befong Come From? nationality or country of origin
Befong is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Befong click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Befong? popularity and diffusion
Befong is the 5,213,395th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Befong is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Befong are found; 79 percent are found in Central Africa and 79 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Befong is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent reside and South Region, where 9 percent reside. Beside Cameroon Befong is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 7 percent reside and Taiwan, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beefong | 92 | 2 | / |
| Befoung | 92 | 1 | / |
| Beffong | 92 | 1 | / |
| Biefong | 92 | 0 | / |
| Befon | 91 | 2 | / |
| Bieffong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Beefoong | 86 | 1 | / |
| Befung | 83 | 28 | / |
| Bafong | 83 | 7 | / |
| Beffon | 83 | 5 | / |
| Bofong | 83 | 2 | / |
| Beifon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Beefon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Befone | 83 | 1 | / |
| Befang | 83 | 1 | / |
| Befoun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Befont | 83 | 0 | / |
| Biefang | 77 | 159 | / |
| Beufang | 77 | 30 | / |
| Weefong | 77 | 8 | / |
| Befoune | 77 | 4 | / |
| Veefong | 77 | 4 | / |
| Beifang | 77 | 2 | / |
| Boffong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beefung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Weifong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Befound | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beafone | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bifon | 73 | 139 | / |
| Befan | 73 | 4 | / |
| Befán | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bifone | 67 | 249 | / |
| Wefang | 67 | 130 | / |
| Wifong | 67 | 112 | / |
| Bifang | 67 | 33 | / |
| Befoum | 67 | 19 | / |
| Biffon | 67 | 16 | / |
| Buifon | 67 | 13 | / |
| Bofang | 67 | 6 | / |
| Befane | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bifung | 67 | 3 | / |
| Wyfong | 67 | 3 | / |
| Byffon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bafang | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bephon | 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
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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 Befong
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