Mfonyam Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Mfonyam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Mfonyam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mfonyam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mfonyam occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mfonyam? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,307,654th most commonly held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Mfonyam reside; 57 percent reside in Central Africa and 57 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname Mfonyam is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Mfonyam is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 75 percent live and Littoral Region, where 8 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Angola, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mfognam | 86 | 31 | / |
| Nfonyam | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mfanyam | 86 | 2 | / |
| Mfenyama | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mfongnam | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mefinyam | 80 | 2 | / |
| Mafonyim | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mfonom | 77 | 19 | / |
| Mfonma | 77 | 9 | / |
| Mufanyama | 75 | 2 | / |
| Mfinama | 71 | 55 | / |
| Mfunami | 71 | 14 | / |
| Mfonime | 71 | 10 | / |
| Mfonima | 71 | 6 | / |
| Mfinyom | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mfonnom | 71 | 4 | / |
| Mfonmma | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mfonmou | 71 | 3 | / |
| Mfenami | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mfenyim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mfonmie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mafanyem | 67 | 12 | / |
| Mafanyim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mefanyem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mifanamo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Movanamu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mefounme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafouneyoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mafinyim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mufanami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nfongnam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nfunyom | 57 | 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
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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 Mfonyam
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