Fofna Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Fofna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 4 | 1:1,102,134 | 37,930 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Fofna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fofna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Fofna (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻓﻮﻓﻨﺎ) occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fofna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,360,413th most commonly used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Fofna are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Fofna is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,102,134. In Liberia Fofna is mostly concentrated in: Grand Cape Mount County, where 25 percent live, Lofa County, where 25 percent live and Montserrado County, where 25 percent live. Besides Liberia it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and Guinea, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fofna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fofna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻓﻮﻓﻨﺎ | afwfna | - |
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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 Fofna
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