Pafing Surname
Approximately 3,711 people bear this surname
Pafing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 3,466 | 1:3,922 | 647 |
| Cameroon | 245 | 1:84,772 | 10,298 |
Pafing (700) may also be a first name.
Pafing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pafing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pafing occurs most in Chad. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pafing? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 123,084th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,963,769 people. The surname Pafing is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pafing reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 312,341st most commonly occurring first name globally, held by 700 people.
This last name is most numerous in Chad, where it is borne by 3,466 people, or 1 in 3,922. Not including Chad this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paffing | 92 | 4 | / |
| Pafin | 91 | 151 | / |
| Pfaffing | 86 | 2 | / |
| Paffin | 83 | 13 | / |
| Paifin | 83 | 10 | / |
| Pafina | 83 | 4 | / |
| Pafeng | 83 | 2 | / |
| Pafion | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pafn | 80 | 3 | / |
| Paphing | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pfaffin | 77 | 3 | / |
| Pauffin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peffing | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phafeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Phaffin | 77 | 0 | / |
| Padfn | 73 | 8 | / |
| Pofin | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pafen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Pfeffing | 71 | 37 | / |
| Phaphing | 71 | 8 | / |
| Paffen | 67 | 1,364 | / |
| Paphin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pafuen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pofina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pahvin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poffin | 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
- 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 Pafing
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis