Gafua Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Gafua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gafua (16) may also be a first name.
Gafua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafua is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafua? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,373,373rd most widespread last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 214,339,586 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gafua live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname Gafua is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 716,175. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 93 percent live, Northwest Region, where 3 percent live and Southwest Region, where 3 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngafua | 91 | 794 | / |
| Gapfua | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gafuah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Afua | 89 | 7,536 | / |
| Ngaifua | 83 | 53 | / |
| Ngafuah | 83 | 37 | / |
| Gaffuay | 83 | 0 | / |
| Gabua | 80 | 998 | / |
| Gavua | 80 | 494 | / |
| Ahfua | 80 | 16 | / |
| Affua | 80 | 7 | / |
| Afuad | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gafwa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Hafua | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gefua | 80 | 2 | / |
| Apfua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afwua | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afuoa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afuat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Afuae | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gabuay | 73 | 778 | / |
| Asfuah | 73 | 14 | / |
| Haufua | 73 | 14 | / |
| Asfuad | 73 | 11 | / |
| Affuad | 73 | 7 | / |
| Gabuah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aifwua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ghafwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gaubba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Abua | 67 | 10,618 | / |
| Ofua | 67 | 403 | / |
| Avua | 67 | 335 | / |
| Afwa | 67 | 308 | / |
| Afuo | 67 | 35 | / |
| Gaavwua | 67 | 13 | / |
| Afouhat | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gabuhay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghafway | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaifwad | 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 Gafua
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