Fofir Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fofir Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fofir Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Fofir Last Name Facts

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

Fofir is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fofir? popularity and diffusion

The surname Fofir is the 5,587,209th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Fofir reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 1,888,097. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 91 percent live and Centre Region, where 9 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foufier831/
Fofre8061/
Fofer8034/
Fafir8022/
Fefir800/
Foffer734/
Faafir731/
Fosfer731/
Fofere731/
Faffir731/
Phofir730/
Vaffier6710/
Fhoefer672/
Foufeer671/
Pfefier670/
Feffier670/
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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 Fofir
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