Chofo Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Chofo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 1:5,360,889 | 8,925 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Chofo (11) may also be a first name.
Chofo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chofo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chofo is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chofo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chofo is the 4,772,636th most commonly occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Chofo is mostly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Chofo reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name Chofo is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent live, Northwest Region, where 8 percent live and West Region, where 8 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Guatemala, where 18 percent live and Brazil, where 6 percent live.
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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 Chofo
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