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) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fafona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. Fafona is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Fafona reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Fafona is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 3,845,205. In The Ivory Coast Fafona is primarily found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 17 percent are found and Denguélé District, where 17 percent are found. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Guinea, where 14 percent are found and Indonesia, where 14 percent are found.
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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