Nanfon Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Nanfon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Nanfon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nanfon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nanfon occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nanfon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nanfon is the 5,057,639th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Nanfon is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Nanfon reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 1,483,505. In Cameroon Nanfon is most common in: West Region, where 93 percent live and Northwest Region, where 7 percent live. Besides Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in China, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gnanfon | 92 | 58 | / |
| Nanfong | 92 | 17 | / |
| Nanfoun | 92 | 1 | / |
| Nnanfon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gnanffon | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nanfan | 83 | 311 | / |
| Nonfon | 83 | 292 | / |
| Namfon | 83 | 158 | / |
| Nanfun | 83 | 6 | / |
| Nanfang | 77 | 309 | / |
| Ngamfon | 77 | 106 | / |
| Nanphon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Namfone | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nganfan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gnanfan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nanfund | 77 | 1 | / |
| Namfonh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Nonffon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gnamfon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gnonfoun | 71 | 4 | / |
| Nanfanck | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nanphong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngnamfon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngounfon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nounfoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nanfam | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nonfun | 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 Nanfon
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