Difongo Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Botswana
Highest density in:
Botswana

Difongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Difongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Difongo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Difongo is found in Botswana more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Difongo? popularity and diffusion

Difongo is the 3,485,539th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Difongo are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently used in Botswana, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 78,105. Barring Botswana this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Difono923/
Difonga861/
Dufongo861/
Difungo861/
Difouno861/
Difounou801/
Difona772/
Defono772/
Difanga7178/
Diphogo711/
Difogha711/
Defonga711/
Deffogou6716/
Defounga675/
Difougna671/
Defounoy671/
Deifonah670/

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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 Difongo
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