Menfo Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Menfo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Menfo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1011:205,63421,118
France21:33,211,361423,184
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Menfo (12) may also be a first name.

Menfo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Menfo is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Menfo? popularity and diffusion

Menfo is the 1,795,579th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 69,405,199 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Menfo are found; 96 percent are found in Central Africa and 96 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Menfo is also the 3,306,491st most frequent first name globally, held by 12 people.

It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 205,634. In Cameroon Menfo is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 43 percent live, Centre Region, where 33 percent live and West Region, where 24 percent live. Other than Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Menffo911/
Mnfo891/
Mienfou833/
Menfoup831/
Menfoss830/
Minfo805/
Memfo802/
Menfaa73206/
Maenfa731/
Mienfa731/
Memfoh731/
Menpho731/
Muenpho6711/
Meunpho676/
Mnfha605/
Minfa604/
Mnfaz603/
Memfa603/
Mmfou601/
Mynfa601/
Minfat553/
Mimfou551/
Mimfouh501/

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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 Menfo
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