Nfon Surname

161,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,687 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Nfon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nfon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon2,3851:8,7081,132
Nigeria2961:598,45528,689
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Nfon (820) may also be a first name.

Nfon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nfon is most common in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nfon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 161,959th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,712,150 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nfon live; 89 percent live in Central Africa and 89 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Nfon is also the 285,396th most common first name world-wide It is held by 820 people.

It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 2,385 people, or 1 in 8,708. In Cameroon Nfon is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 52 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 17 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Nfon Last Name Statistics demography

Nfon earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nfong89129/
Nfone8997/
Nfonn8911/
Nfoun8910/
Nfoen898/
N'Fon892/
Nfond891/
Nfohn891/
Nfoung802/
N'Foin801/
Nfound801/
Nfogne801/
Mfon758,384/
Nfan75704/
Nfom7538/
Nfun754/
Nfongue7316/
N'Ffoin731/
Nnfoung731/
Nfund674,810/
Mfone67275/
Mfong6784/
Nfune6756/
Nfane6752/
Mfoun6715/
Nfoum6715/
Mfoen679/
Nfang678/
Nfung674/
Mfonn674/
Mfont672/
N'Fohien671/
Mpfon671/
Mfoin671/
N'Fan671/
Nfand671/
Nfoungue671/
Mffon671/

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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 Nfon
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