Nfom Surname

3,185,033rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nfom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nfom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria221:8,051,944174,166
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941

Nfom (80) may also be a first name.

Nfom Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nfom has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nfom? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,185,033rd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 191,777,524 people. The last name Nfom occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nfom live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nfom is also the 1,075,395th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 80 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Nfom is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 77 percent live and Lagos, where 18 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 42 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nfoum8915/
Nfome891/
Nfoume80202/
Nfon752,687/
Nfam75517/
Mfom75428/
Nfum756/
Mfoum67867/
Nfong67129/
Nfone6797/
Mfome6742/
Nfonn6711/
Nfoun6710/
Nfume677/
N'Fon672/
Mfomg671/
Nfohn671/
Nfond671/
Nfaum671/
Nphom671/

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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 Nfom
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