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 is more frequently found in Chad than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pafing? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pafing is the 123,084th most widely held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,963,769 people. The last name Pafing is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pafing are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Pafing is also the 312,341st most numerous first name worldwide, held by 700 people.
The last name is most widespread in Chad, where it is held by 3,466 people, or 1 in 3,922. Other than Chad Pafing is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
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
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