Guefo Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Guefo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Guefo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon341:610,85546,287
Papua New Guinea271:301,99040,635
Benin181:574,20035,798
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Guefo (13) may also be a first name.

Guefo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Guefo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Guefo occurs most in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guefo? popularity and diffusion

Guefo is the 1,994,173rd most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Guefo are found; 38 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 610,855. In Cameroon Guefo is primarily found in: West Region, where 50 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 44 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 31 percent are found and Benin, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gueifo9176/
Gueffo9174/
Gouefo9127/
Guefos9112/
Guefou9111/
Guefoz911/
Gefo891/
Guefoud836/
Guefout831/
Goueffo831/
Guifo801,001/
Guefa80103/
Gbefo8015/
Kuefo803/
Gefou801/
Gefos801/
Ngefo801/
Cuefo801/
Gueffous772/
Guiffo731,169/
Guetfa73349/
Ghefou73170/
Gbeffo73128/
Guefah7319/
Gbefou7319/
Gueffa736/
Kuefou733/
Guefaz731/
Kouefo731/
Guefad731/
Guedfa731/
Kueffo731/
Kuefoh731/
Ngeffo731/
Gheffo731/
Gbefoh731/
Cgefou731/
Gueffaz67307/
Gefa6739/
Gbeffou6714/
Gifo677/
Guehfaz671/
Gueffad671/
Guifoud671/
Guiffou671/
Ngwefuo671/
Ngweffo671/
Kueffoo671/

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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 Guefo
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