Fofanna Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Fofanna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fofanna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia1091:40,4453,721
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fofanna Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fofanna is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fofanna.

How Common Is The Last Name Fofanna? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fofanna is the 1,736,881st most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Fofanna live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

Fofanna is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 40,445. In Liberia Fofanna is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 54 percent reside, Bong County, where 11 percent reside and Grand Gedeh County, where 9 percent reside. Beside Liberia it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Senegal, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fofannah9347/
Fofana92592,306/
Fofanah8660,461/
Foufana8613/
Foffana8610/
Ffofana863/
Fofanaa862/
Fofanai862/
Fafanna861/
Fofanoa861/
Foofana861/
Fofamna861/
Fofayna861/
Fodfana861/
Foefana861/
Fofanay861/
Fofanaia807/
Fofongna801/
Fofanaih801/
Fofannie801/
Foufanah801/
Fofano77322/
Fofona77216/
Fofani77108/
Fafana7792/
Fofane7718/
Fofanh7713/
Fefana773/
Fofaná771/
Fofena771/
Foffano71874/
Foffani71157/
Fofonah7120/
Foufena7111/
Foufani716/
Phofana712/
Fafanas711/
Fafanah711/
Fofanie711/
Fofanii711/
Fofaneh711/
Feffana711/
Foufouna671/
Phofaana671/

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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 Fofanna
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