Mfelam Surname

2,372,517th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 65 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mfelam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Mfelam 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
Cameroon641:324,51729,689
France11:66,422,722504,397

Mfelam Last Name Facts

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

Mfelam occurs most in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfelam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,372,517th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 112,116,091 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Mfelam live; 98 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 64 people, or 1 in 324,517. In Cameroon Mfelam is most common in: West Region, where 70 percent are found, Centre Region, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent are found.

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
Mfolam8311/
Mfelang77320/
Mfelane7734/
Nfolam671/
Nfilam671/
Mfoluom621/
Mphelane57744/
Mphetlane5351/
Mmphelane532/
Mpheilane531/

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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 Mfelam
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