Mefoe Surname
Approximately 388 people bear this surname
Mefoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 387 | 1:53,667 | 6,988 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
Mefoe (20) may also be a first name.
Mefoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mefoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mefoe occurs most in Cameroon. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefoe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 742,570th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 18,782,335 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mefoe reside; 100 percent reside in Central Africa and 90 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 387 people, or 1 in 53,667. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 75 percent reside, South Region, where 11 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 8 percent reside. Besides Cameroon Mefoe exists in one country. It also occurs in Gabon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Mefoe
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