Lemfon Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Lemfon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 275 | 1:75,524 | 9,350 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Lemfon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lemfon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lemfon is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Lemfon? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 948,111th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lemfon live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Lemfon is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 75,524. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 86 percent are found, Centre Region, where 9 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Lemfon exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemnfon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Lamfon | 83 | 798 | / |
| Lenfon | 83 | 12 | / |
| Lomfon | 83 | 1 | / |
| Lamfoon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Lamfoun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Laemfaun | 71 | 10 | / |
| Lenfan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Linfon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lenfant | 62 | 5,076 | / |
| Lamphon | 62 | 105 | / |
| Lomphon | 62 | 14 | / |
| L'enfan | 62 | 14 | / |
| Limphon | 62 | 4 | / |
| Lenfane | 62 | 3 | / |
| Lynfong | 62 | 2 | / |
| Linfong | 62 | 2 | / |
| Limfung | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lemphan | 62 | 1 | / |
| Limfang | 62 | 1 | / |
| Lemphane | 57 | 1,098 | / |
| L'enfant | 57 | 150 | / |
| Limphong | 57 | 139 | / |
| Laamphon | 57 | 5 | / |
| Leamphan | 57 | 2 | / |
| Liemphan | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lemphang | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lionfoun | 57 | 1 | / |
| Lamphoon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Linfan | 50 | 83 | / |
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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 Lemfon
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