Mbanfu Surname

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

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mbanfu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mbanfu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon871:238,72523,654
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mbanfu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mbanfu is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbanfu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,994,173rd most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Mbanfu live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 238,725. In Cameroon Mbanfu is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 78 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbanfeu921/
Mbanfou921/
Mbamfu8334/
Muanfu836/
Mbamfou774/
Mbeunfeu712/
Nuanfu6760/
Mwamfu672/
Nwanfu671/
Muamfu671/
Mbomfu671/
Mbomfeu621/
Muhamfu621/
Nwonfu5033/
Nwomfu501/

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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 Mbanfu
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