Fofokane Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Fofokane Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Fofokane 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
Lesotho271:75,2809,683
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Fofokane Last Name Facts

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

The last name Fofokane is held by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fofokane? popularity and diffusion

The last name Fofokane is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fofokane live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most common in Lesotho, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 75,280. In Lesotho Fofokane is most numerous in: Qacha's Nek District, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Lesotho it is found in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 4 percent are found.

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
Fofogan802/
Fofkin715/
Fafkan711/
Fafokun672/
Fofqani671/
Vafakhan504/
Fefecone504/

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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 Fofokane
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