Binfon Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Binfon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Binfon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon331:629,36647,277
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Binfon Last Name Facts

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

Binfon is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Binfon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Binfon occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Binfon are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 80 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

Binfon is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 629,366. In Cameroon Binfon is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent reside, West Region, where 6 percent reside and Centre Region, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buinfon9225/
Benfon834/
Binfan833/
Vinfon832/
Benfoun772/
Winfont772/
Wienfon771/
Binfane771/
Wenfon672/
Winfan672/
Benfan671/
Winphon6272/
Benfant6232/
Winfane626/
Benfang622/
Bnphong621/
Winfhan621/
Wenfan5026/
Venfan501/

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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 Binfon
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