Mefoka Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Mefoka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Mefoka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mefoka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mefoka occurs most in Cameroon. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Mefoka.
How Common Is The Last Name Mefoka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,580,327th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Mefoka live; 96 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Mefoka is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 54 people, or 1 in 384,612. In Cameroon Mefoka is most frequent in: West Region, where 78 percent live, Littoral Region, where 19 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Other than Cameroon it exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meffoka | 92 | 2 | / |
| Mofoka | 83 | 2,216 | / |
| Mafoka | 83 | 242 | / |
| Mefoko | 83 | 80 | / |
| Mefoke | 83 | 11 | / |
| Mefuka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mefaka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mefokou | 77 | 49 | / |
| Mafoeka | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mafouka | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mefeuka | 77 | 12 | / |
| Mapfoka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mofooka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mefouki | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafokha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mafocka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Maefoko | 77 | 1 | / |
| Meephoka | 71 | 10 | / |
| Meffokou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maefooko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mefoukou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafoko | 67 | 4,373 | / |
| Mafeka | 67 | 679 | / |
| Mafaka | 67 | 667 | / |
| Mofaka | 67 | 49 | / |
| Mofoko | 67 | 20 | / |
| Mofeka | 67 | 8 | / |
| Meephokha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mafoqa | 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
- 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 Mefoka
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