Fofoe Surname

693,669th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 426 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Fofoe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fofoe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Papua New Guinea661:123,54116,840
Liberia91:489,83723,279
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Fofoe (29) may also be a first name.

Fofoe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fofoe is found most frequently in Ghana. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fofoe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fofoe is the 693,669th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 17,106,915 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Fofoe reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring forename at a global level It is held by 29 people.

Fofoe is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Apart from Ghana it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and Liberia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fofoue9122/
Fofoie911/
Fofoet911/
Foufoue83406/
Fofouet8362/
Fofie808,894/
Fofou802,178/
Fofee80123/
Fofue8096/
Fofeu8048/
Fofoa8019/
Fofoi8014/
Fafoe808/
Fofoo804/
Fofea802/
Fofej801/
Fofoy801/
Fefoe801/
Fofey800/
Foufouet77113/
Fouffoue777/
Foufou731,323/
Foofoo73206/
Foffie73190/
Foffou7360/
Fofeuh7317/
Fofoya7310/
Fofieh739/
Foffee733/
Foifoo732/
Fofout731/
Foyfoy731/
Foifoa731/
Fofoup731/
Fofouh731/
Fofaea731/
Foofie731/
Foifey731/
Foufie731/
Foffey730/
Fofu6747/
Foufhee674/
Footfoy672/
Fouffou671/
Foufaye671/
Foifooa671/
Fofó671/
Fofffou671/
Foufoué671/
Fofohhy671/
Foofhee671/

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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 Fofoe
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