Fofonah Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Fofonah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Fofonah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fofonah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fofonah is found in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Fofonah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Fofonah is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Fofonah live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 81 percent reside, Bomi County, where 6 percent reside and Grand Cape Mount County, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Liberia Fofonah exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fofona | 92 | 216 | / |
| Fofanah | 86 | 60,461 | / |
| Fofannah | 80 | 47 | / |
| Fofongna | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fofanaih | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foufanah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foufouna | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fofana | 77 | 592,306 | / |
| Fafona | 77 | 22 | / |
| Fofono | 77 | 4 | / |
| Fofena | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fofanna | 71 | 111 | / |
| Foufana | 71 | 13 | / |
| Foufena | 71 | 11 | / |
| Foffana | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ffofana | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fofanaa | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fofanai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fofanoa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fofogno | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fofongo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foffono | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fofanay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foefana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fodfana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fafanah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fofamna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foofana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fgafona | 71 | 1 | / |
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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 Fofonah
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