Befoum Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Befoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Befoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Befoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Befoum occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Befoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Befoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Befoum are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Centre Region, where 89 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found and West Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon Befoum is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Befoume | 92 | 1 | / |
| Befum | 91 | 66 | / |
| Befgum | 83 | 20 | / |
| Befume | 83 | 2 | / |
| Befoun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Befoune | 77 | 4 | / |
| Befound | 77 | 1 | / |
| Befoung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bifom | 73 | 62 | / |
| Befam | 73 | 11 | / |
| Befon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Befun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Behfam | 67 | 50 | / |
| Befung | 67 | 28 | / |
| Befgam | 67 | 19 | / |
| Befong | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bezfam | 67 | 10 | / |
| Beffon | 67 | 5 | / |
| Besfam | 67 | 5 | / |
| Biefun | 67 | 4 | / |
| Beefun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bifume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beyfam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beifon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Befone | 67 | 1 | / |
| Beefon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Befont | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Befoum
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