Chofong Surname
Approximately 255 people bear this surname
Chofong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 214 | 1:97,052 | 11,537 |
| Philippines | 36 | 1:2,812,173 | 137,318 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chofong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chofong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chofong is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chofong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chofong is the 1,001,271st most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 28,578,611 people. The last name Chofong occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Chofong are found; 84 percent are found in Central Africa and 84 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 214 people, or 1 in 97,052. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent reside, Centre Region, where 19 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 14 percent reside and Thailand, where 2 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Chofong
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