Fofou Surname
Approximately 2,178 people bear this surname
Fofou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,159 | 1:9,620 | 1,268 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
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
The surname Fofou is found most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fofou.
How Common Is The Last Name Fofou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 193,184th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 3,345,981 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 frequently used given name globally It is held by 17 people.
The last name Fofou is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,159 people, or 1 in 9,620. In Cameroon Fofou is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 33 percent live, Littoral Region, where 32 percent live and West Region, where 21 percent live. Aside from Cameroon it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 0 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foffou | 91 | 60 | / |
| Fofoue | 91 | 22 | / |
| Fofout | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fofoup | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fofouh | 91 | 1 | / |
| Fofo | 89 | 7,109 | / |
| Fofu | 89 | 47 | / |
| Fofouet | 83 | 62 | / |
| Fofffou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fofoe | 80 | 426 | / |
| Foffo | 80 | 125 | / |
| Fofue | 80 | 96 | / |
| Pfofo | 80 | 55 | / |
| Fofeu | 80 | 48 | / |
| Foofo | 80 | 20 | / |
| Fofoa | 80 | 19 | / |
| Foifo | 80 | 16 | / |
| Fofuh | 80 | 15 | / |
| Fafou | 80 | 15 | / |
| Fofoi | 80 | 14 | / |
| Fofoh | 80 | 5 | / |
| Fofoo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Foifu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ffofo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fuofo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fuofu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fofho | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fofoy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fofui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fhofo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foofoo | 73 | 206 | / |
| Pfuofo | 73 | 116 | / |
| Fofeuh | 73 | 17 | / |
| Fofoya | 73 | 10 | / |
| Fosfos | 73 | 4 | / |
| Faffou | 73 | 4 | / |
| Fuofuo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Foifoo | 73 | 2 | / |
| Feufou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fahfou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Voufou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fofoie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foifoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foyfoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fofa | 67 | 8,307 | / |
| Fasfous | 67 | 814 | / |
| Fahfouh | 67 | 140 | / |
| Vofo | 67 | 99 | / |
| Fafu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Footfoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fofò | 67 | 2 | / |
| Feaufou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fofohhy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fofó | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foifooa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foodfoo | 67 | 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
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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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