Difom Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Senegal

Difom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Difom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Difom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Difom is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Difom? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Difom reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 10,384,534. In Cameroon Difom is most common in: Littoral Region, where 50 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 40 percent are found and Spain, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Difoum9150/
Diffoum8376/
Difon8014/
Difam802/
Dufom800/
Diffon7339/
Daifum7314/
Daifon7312/
Didfam731/
Difhon731/
Defoum731/
Difone731/
Defome730/
Diefon730/
Diphoem6767/
Doifond671/
Diphoum671/
Doifone671/

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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 Difom
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