Mfoum Surname
Approximately 867 people bear this surname
Mfoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 866 | 1:23,983 | 3,243 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
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 surname Mfoum occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mfoum? popularity and diffusion
Mfoum is the 404,308th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,405,474 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 widely held first name in the world, held by 10 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 866 people, or 1 in 23,983. In Cameroon Mfoum is mostly found in: South Region, where 75 percent are found, Centre Region, where 18 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Gabon, where 0 percent are found.
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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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