Fafona Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Fafona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Fafona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fafona Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fafona (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻓﺎﻓﻮﻧﺎ) is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafona? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,206,983rd most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Fafona are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 3,845,205. In The Ivory Coast Fafona is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent reside, Bas-Sassandra District, where 17 percent reside and Denguélé District, where 17 percent reside. Besides The Ivory Coast it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 14 percent reside and Indonesia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fgafona | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fofona | 83 | 216 | / |
| Fafone | 83 | 109 | / |
| Fafana | 83 | 92 | / |
| Fafono | 83 | 7 | / |
| Fafena | 83 | 1 | / |
| Vafona | 83 | 1 | / |
| Faafouina | 80 | 3 | / |
| Feafouina | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fofonah | 77 | 20 | / |
| Faufone | 77 | 2 | / |
| Fafanna | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fafanah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fafanas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fofongna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fofana | 67 | 592,306 | / |
| Vafana | 67 | 303 | / |
| Fafani | 67 | 26 | / |
| Fofone | 67 | 17 | / |
| Fafane | 67 | 8 | / |
| Fafano | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fofono | 67 | 4 | / |
| Fefana | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fofuna | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fafuni | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fafounoux | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fofena | 67 | 1 | / |
Fafona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fafona in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻓﺎﻓﻮﻧﺎ | afafwna | - |
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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 Fafona
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