Mfom Surname
Approximately 428 people bear this surname
Mfom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 286 | 1:72,619 | 9,076 |
| Nigeria | 142 | 1:1,247,484 | 49,911 |
Mfom (617) may also be a first name.
Mfom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mfom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mfom is found most in Cameroon. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mfom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Mfom is the 691,116th most frequently used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,026,976 people. The surname Mfom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfom live; 67 percent live in Central Africa and 63 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mfom is also the 336,019th most widely held first name at a global level, held by 617 people.
The last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 286 people, or 1 in 72,619. In Cameroon Mfom is mostly concentrated in: South Region, where 58 percent are found, Centre Region, where 15 percent are found and West Region, where 13 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mfoum | 89 | 867 | / |
| Mfome | 89 | 42 | / |
| Mfomg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Mfoume | 80 | 355 | / |
| Mpfoum | 80 | 102 | / |
| Mfomme | 80 | 40 | / |
| M'Foum | 80 | 6 | / |
| Mfon | 75 | 8,384 | / |
| Mfum | 75 | 1,959 | / |
| Mfam | 75 | 1,497 | / |
| Nfom | 75 | 38 | / |
| Mffoume | 73 | 1 | / |
| Mfone | 67 | 275 | / |
| Mfume | 67 | 118 | / |
| Mfong | 67 | 84 | / |
| Mfoun | 67 | 15 | / |
| Nfoum | 67 | 15 | / |
| Mfame | 67 | 13 | / |
| Mfonn | 67 | 4 | / |
| Mfont | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mffon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfaam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nfome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfamd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mpfon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mfoin | 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 Mfom
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