Gamfo Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Gamfo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Gamfo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gamfo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gamfo occurs most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gamfo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. Gamfo occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gamfo live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Gamfo is primarily concentrated in: West Region, where 94 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 6 percent are found. Barring Cameroon it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 5 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngamfo | 91 | 42 | / |
| Gamffo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Amfo | 89 | 3,252 | / |
| Ngamffo | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ngaumfo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ganfo | 80 | 208 | / |
| Amfou | 80 | 195 | / |
| Amfoh | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gemfo | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gamfa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Gomfo | 80 | 2 | / |
| Amfoz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ghomfo | 73 | 34 | / |
| Nganfo | 73 | 13 | / |
| Gamfeu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gomfoy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngamfa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gemfou | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ganfoi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gamfah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anfo | 67 | 39 | / |
| Ganfoud | 67 | 31 | / |
| Kgampho | 67 | 18 | / |
| Amfa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ngampho | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ganfout | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nghomfo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amhfoud | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ghomffo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Goumfou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nganfou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngoumfo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghanfod | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gamphoo | 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
- 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 Gamfo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis