Fofe Surname

392,160th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 902 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fofe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fofe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon8171:25,4213,461
Venezuela231:1,313,22118,235
France131:5,109,440259,941
England121:4,643,172139,951
Liberia81:551,06725,208
India71:109,580,769786,157
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Fofe (263) may also be a first name.

Fofe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fofe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fofe? popularity and diffusion

Fofe is the 392,160th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 8,079,319 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Fofe are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 548,616th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 263 people.

The last name Fofe is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 817 people, or 1 in 25,421. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 36 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 28 percent are found and West Region, where 20 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Venezuela, where 3 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fofie898,894/
Foffe89173/
Fofee89123/
Fofeu8948/
Fofer8934/
Pfofe8921/
Fofeh8910/
Fofet899/
Foufe898/
Fofea892/
Fofes891/
Foofe891/
Fofej891/
Fofey890/
Foife890/
Fof86464/
Foffie80190/
Fofeuh8017/
Fofieh809/
Fouffe804/
Foffer804/
Foffee803/
Fofehe801/
Foefee801/
Foufie801/
Foofie801/
Foifey801/
Fosfer801/
Foffey800/
Fofa758,307/
Fafe75376/
Fofi75324/
Foff75148/
Foof75108/
Foft7523/
Fouf7521/
Pfof7510/
Fohf754/
Ffof752/
Fopf751/
Fosf751/
Fofs751/
Vofe751/
Fodf751/
Wfof751/
Fovf751/
Foif750/
Foufhee734/
Foffett733/
Fouffet732/
Foofhee731/
Foufeer731/
Foufa671,237/
Foffa67618/
Foffi67347/
Fafet67298/
Fofid67277/
Pfoff67113/
Foifa6758/
Fafeh6753/
Faffe6748/
Fofit6748/
Fafie6744/
Fofoa6719/
Vofeh6717/
Foofa6716/
Fofoi6714/
Fophe6711/
Pfafe6710/
Féfeu679/
Fafee678/
Fafer677/
Foufi677/
Fouft677/
Fofaa674/
Fouff673/
Phofe673/
Foutf673/
Fafei672/
Foffá672/
Vaffe672/
Fahfe671/
Foufé671/
Foofi671/
Foify671/
Fofui671/
Fofsh671/
Fofoy671/
Fofio671/
Fofih671/
Fofai671/
Fafep671/
Faafe671/
Pfoft671/
Foyfi671/
Footf671/
Fofft670/
Pfoffehe670/

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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 Fofe
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