Foafana Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Foafana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 13 | 1:910,294 | 1,296 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
Foafana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Foafana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Foafana is carried by more people in Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Foafana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Foafana are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Mande Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Guinea, where it is held by 13 people, or 1 in 910,294. In Guinea Foafana is primarily concentrated in: Boké Region, where 69 percent live and Kankan Region, where 31 percent live. Other than Guinea this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 24 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Foafana
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