Degofa Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Degofa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Degofa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Degofa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Degofa occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Degofa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Degofa is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Degofa are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
Degofa is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Degofa is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 91 percent live and North Region, where 9 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Degofa is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degofai | 92 | 2 | / |
| Degoufa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Degoffau | 86 | 5 | / |
| Degefa | 83 | 36,950 | / |
| Degafa | 83 | 52 | / |
| Degofe | 83 | 43 | / |
| Degoffe | 77 | 19 | / |
| Degofer | 77 | 1 | / |
| Dikgofa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deugofe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Diogofa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deagefa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Deighefa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Degouffe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Degafe | 67 | 2,905 | / |
| Dagafa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Dagefa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Degafie | 62 | 1,291 | / |
| Dikgofo | 62 | 3 | / |
| Deghafi | 62 | 1 | / |
| Degaffe | 62 | 1 | / |
| Degaffet | 57 | 14 | / |
| Digoffio | 57 | 2 | / |
| Digafi | 50 | 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 Degofa
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