Kefon Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Kefon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kefon (10) may also be a first name.
Kefon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kefon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kefon is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kefon.
How Common Is The Last Name Kefon? popularity and diffusion
Kefon is the 7,117,718th most frequently held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Kefon reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Kefon is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name on earth, held by 10 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 4,153,814. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Cameroon it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keafon | 91 | 79 | / |
| Kefoun | 91 | 1 | / |
| Keffon | 91 | 1 | / |
| Kewfon | 91 | 0 | / |
| Keafoon | 83 | 23 | / |
| Keafoun | 83 | 10 | / |
| Kedfont | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kofon | 80 | 179 | / |
| Kefan | 80 | 128 | / |
| Kifon | 80 | 116 | / |
| Kafon | 80 | 31 | / |
| Kefun | 80 | 3 | / |
| Keawfong | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khefoune | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kefane | 73 | 182 | / |
| Chefon | 73 | 178 | / |
| Keffan | 73 | 21 | / |
| Kiffon | 73 | 19 | / |
| Kaifon | 73 | 17 | / |
| Keifan | 73 | 15 | / |
| Kifoun | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kafoon | 73 | 5 | / |
| Kaffon | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kahfon | 73 | 3 | / |
| Koffon | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kesfan | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kifuon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kofoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kapfon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khefan | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kifont | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kuifon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kephon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ketfun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cefoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kofuon | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keffane | 67 | 108 | / |
| Koifong | 67 | 81 | / |
| Chefoin | 67 | 21 | / |
| Kepfang | 67 | 15 | / |
| Khafoon | 67 | 10 | / |
| Kuifong | 67 | 8 | / |
| Cheffon | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kaewfan | 67 | 7 | / |
| Keawfun | 67 | 7 | / |
| Koyfong | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kiewfan | 67 | 4 | / |
| Kaifoon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kiffoun | 67 | 3 | / |
| Kiffoon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Keawfan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koefaan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaifoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketfoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketphon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kephong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kojfong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khafoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kifoune | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaephon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khefane | 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 Kefon
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