Gafuno Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Gafuno Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gafuno Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gafuno Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gafuno occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gafuno? popularity and diffusion
Gafuno is the 8,968,613th most frequent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Gafuno is primarily found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Gafuno reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
Gafuno is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Gafuno is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea Gafuno occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afuno | 91 | 161 | / |
| Gafuna | 83 | 24 | / |
| Afunoi | 83 | 13 | / |
| Afouno | 83 | 9 | / |
| Afunoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Afungo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gaffino | 77 | 152 | / |
| Gafunga | 77 | 49 | / |
| Affouno | 77 | 9 | / |
| Afounou | 77 | 9 | / |
| Gafinou | 77 | 5 | / |
| Afounno | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gafhino | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gafinho | 77 | 1 | / |
| Afuna | 73 | 569 | / |
| Ofuno | 73 | 4 | / |
| Affounou | 71 | 15 | / |
| Afounout | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afoungoi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngafouna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Afouna | 67 | 28 | / |
| Gofuna | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ofungo | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aifuna | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hafuna | 67 | 6 | / |
| Afunga | 67 | 6 | / |
| Afuuna | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afonou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Afgunâ | 67 | 1 | / |
| Offuno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ofouno | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afauna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Afonno | 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 Gafuno
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