Nfang Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gabon

Nfang Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nfang Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814

Nfang (35) may also be a first name.

Nfang Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nfang occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nfang? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nfang live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nfang is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Nfang is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent are found and Rivers, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Gabon, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nfan89704/
Nfong80129/
Nfane8052/
Mfang8028/
N'Fan801/
Nfain801/
Nfand801/
Nfoung732/
Mfaing731/
Nfeing731/
Nfon672,687/
Nfam67517/
Mfan6764/
Nfongue6716/
Nnfoung671/
Nfachen671/
Nfaheen671/

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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 Nfang
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