Mbofung Surname

1,918,812th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 94 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mbofung Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mbofung Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon681:305,42728,416
England101:5,571,806158,774
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579

Mbofung Last Name Facts

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

Mbofung is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mbofung? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,918,812th most widespread last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Mbofung live; 72 percent live in Central Africa and 72 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 305,427. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 37 percent live, Southwest Region, where 25 percent live and Littoral Region, where 22 percent live. Beside Cameroon Mbofung is found in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 11 percent live and Nigeria, where 9 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mbafung862/
Mbofong861/
Mbofon776/
Mwafung7121/
Mbafong715/
Mbovfon711/
Mbafune711/
Muafung711/
Muofong711/
M'Baffoun6312/
Mbafon6216/
Muafong5710/
Mwafong571/
M'Baffon531/
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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 Mbofung
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