Fofoana Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Fofoana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Fofoana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fofoana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fofoana occurs more in Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fofoana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Fofoana live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Mande Africa.
Fofoana is most frequent in Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,958,454. In Guinea Fofoana is mostly found in: Conakry Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Guinea this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Fofoana
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