Nguifo Surname
Approximately 521 people bear this surname
Nguifo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 518 | 1:40,095 | 5,345 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nguifo (25) may also be a first name.
Nguifo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nguifo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nguifo is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nguifo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nguifo is the 597,433rd most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 13,987,612 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nguifo reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Nguifo is also the 2,136,160th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 25 people.
The last name Nguifo is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 518 people, or 1 in 40,095. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 39 percent live, Centre Region, where 36 percent live and Littoral Region, where 21 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Nguifo exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nguiffo | 92 | 959 | / |
| Nguifou | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ngifo | 91 | 1 | / |
| Nguefo | 83 | 359 | / |
| Nguifa | 83 | 13 | / |
| Nkuifo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngiffo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ngueffo | 77 | 289 | / |
| Ngouefo | 77 | 20 | / |
| Ngoifou | 77 | 8 | / |
| Nguefoo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nguefoh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngifa | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ngefo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngoueffo | 71 | 26 | / |
| Ngueffou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwoifou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nguefa | 67 | 112 | / |
| Ngifah | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nkwifo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkuifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngwifa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngeffo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngifeu | 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
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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 Nguifo
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