Mofou Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Mofou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Mofou (16) may also be a first name.
Mofou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mofou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mofou is found most in Cameroon. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Mofou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Mofou live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Mofou is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used given name in the world. It is borne by 16 people.
It is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 989,003. In Cameroon Mofou is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 71 percent are found, Far North Region, where 14 percent are found and South Region, where 5 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 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 Mofou
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