Honfoga Surname

295,590th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,290 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Honfoga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Honfoga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1,2551:8,2361,126
Nigeria341:5,210,081134,475
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Honfoga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Honfoga is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Honfoga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 295,590th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 5,649,260 people. The last name Honfoga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Honfoga live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 1,255 people, or 1 in 8,236. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 49 percent reside, Zou Department, where 42 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Benin Honfoga is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Togo, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hounfoga9310/
Honfogah938/
Honffoga933/
Honfonga932/
Onfoga922/
Honffogah881/
Hunfoga863/
Honfaga861/
Honfogou801/
Onfogo771/
Chonfoungo713/
Gonfogo711/
Onfongo711/
Homphunga634/
Chanfunga631/
Hounphonga591/
Ounfagi571/
Onphunga534/
Jumfogai531/
Oonphunga501/

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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 Honfoga
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