Efong Surname

978,274th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 264 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Efong Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Efong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1301:159,76217,345
Nigeria1191:1,488,59556,907
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Efong (45) may also be a first name.

Efong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Efong is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Efong? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 978,274th most frequent family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Efong are found; 49 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most widely held given name on earth It is held by 45 people.

It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 159,762. In Cameroon Efong is most frequent in: West Region, where 32 percent live, South Region, where 24 percent live and Centre Region, where 18 percent live. Beside Cameroon Efong is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 45 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Efong
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