Fofou Surname

193,184th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Fofou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fofou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2,1591:9,6201,268
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
France21:33,211,361423,184
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Fofou (17) may also be a first name.

Fofou Last Name Facts

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

Fofou is most common in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fofou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 193,184th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 3,345,981 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Fofou reside; 98 percent reside in Central Africa and 97 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 17 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,159 people, or 1 in 9,620. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 33 percent live, Littoral Region, where 32 percent live and West Region, where 21 percent live. Barring Cameroon this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Foffou9160/
Fofoue9122/
Fofout911/
Fofoup911/
Fofouh911/
Fofo897,109/
Fofu8947/
Fofouet8362/
Fofffou831/
Fofoe80426/
Foffo80125/
Fofue8096/
Pfofo8055/
Fofeu8048/
Foofo8020/
Fofoa8019/
Foifo8016/
Fofuh8015/
Fafou8015/
Fofoi8014/
Fofoh805/
Fofoo804/
Foifu803/
Ffofo801/
Fuofo801/
Fuofu801/
Fofho801/
Fofoy801/
Fofui801/
Fhofo801/
Foofoo73206/
Pfuofo73116/
Fofeuh7317/
Fofoya7310/
Fosfos734/
Faffou734/
Fuofuo733/
Foifoo732/
Feufou731/
Fahfou731/
Voufou731/
Fofoie731/
Foifoa731/
Foyfoy731/
Fofa678,307/
Fasfous67814/
Fahfouh67140/
Vofo6799/
Fafu677/
Footfoy672/
Fofò672/
Feaufou671/
Fofohhy671/
Fofó671/
Foifooa671/
Foodfoo671/

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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 Fofou
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