Mfoum Surname

404,308th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 867 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Mfoum Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Mfoum 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
Cameroon8661:23,9833,243
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Mfoum (10) may also be a first name.

Mfoum Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mfoum is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mfoum? popularity and diffusion

The last name Mfoum is the 404,308th most frequent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 8,405,474 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mfoum live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 96 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most common given name globally. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 866 people, or 1 in 23,983. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: South Region, where 75 percent live, Centre Region, where 18 percent live and Littoral Region, where 5 percent live. Apart from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also found in Gabon, where 0 percent live.

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
Mfoume91355/
Mpfoum91102/
M'Foum916/
Mfum891,959/
Mfom89428/
Mfouyam831/
Mffoume831/
Mfume80118/
Mfome8042/
Nfoum8015/
Mfoun8015/
Mfomg801/
Mfaume7331,727/
Nfoume73202/
Mpfoun73135/
Mfomme7340/
Mfoyam731/
Mfon678,384/
Mfam671,497/
Nfom6738/
Mfongue6727/
Nfum676/
Mfun673/
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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 Mfoum
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