Ngoufan Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Ngoufan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 59 | 1:352,018 | 31,532 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ngoufan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ngoufan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ngoufan is found most in Cameroon. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ngoufan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ngoufan is the 2,460,878th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngoufan live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Ngoufan is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 59 people, or 1 in 352,018. In Cameroon Ngoufan is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 56 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 42 percent reside and West Region, where 2 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent reside and South Africa, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Ngoufan
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