Fuufu Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Fuufu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 45 | 1:45,168 | 7,359 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
Fuufu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fuufu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Fuufu occurs most in Lesotho. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fuufu.
How Common Is The Last Name Fuufu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fuufu is the 2,776,799th most commonly held family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fuufu reside; 92 percent reside in Southern Africa and 92 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 45 people, or 1 in 45,168. In Lesotho Fuufu is most common in: Mafeteng District, where 91 percent are found, Mohale's Hoek District, where 7 percent are found and Maseru District, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Lesotho Fuufu occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fufu | 89 | 1,208 | / |
| Fuefu | 80 | 226 | / |
| Fufus | 80 | 9 | / |
| Faufu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Fufut | 80 | 2 | / |
| Fufui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foufu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Fufue | 80 | 1 | / |
| Foufou | 73 | 1,323 | / |
| Feufeu | 73 | 132 | / |
| Fuefue | 73 | 109 | / |
| Faufau | 73 | 50 | / |
| Fuifui | 73 | 26 | / |
| Pfupfu | 73 | 14 | / |
| Fuffus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fuefuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Foufuh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Feufou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hfgufuj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feufeuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fouffou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vufu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vufeu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Phufu | 60 | 1 | / |
| Faufoo | 55 | 1 | / |
| Foufie | 55 | 1 | / |
| Voufou | 55 | 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 Fuufu
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