Pafo Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Pafo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Pafo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pafo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pafo occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pafo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Pafo is the 7,117,718th most frequent last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pafo reside; 57 percent reside in Central Africa and 57 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 5,192,267. In Cameroon Pafo is most numerous in: West Region, where 50 percent live, Littoral Region, where 25 percent live and North Region, where 25 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 29 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pafos | 89 | 45 | / |
| Papfo | 89 | 21 | / |
| Paifo | 89 | 9 | / |
| Pafou | 89 | 8 | / |
| Paffo | 89 | 8 | / |
| Phafo | 89 | 7 | / |
| Pafoo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Peafo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Pafuo | 89 | 1 | / |
| Paffos | 80 | 15 | / |
| Paffoy | 80 | 2 | / |
| Pafa | 75 | 162 | / |
| Pofo | 75 | 14 | / |
| Pefo | 75 | 4 | / |
| Payfoot | 73 | 0 | / |
| Phefo | 67 | 2,313 | / |
| Poffo | 67 | 1,565 | / |
| Phafa | 67 | 323 | / |
| Paifa | 67 | 198 | / |
| Poifo | 67 | 197 | / |
| Paffa | 67 | 192 | / |
| Papho | 67 | 63 | / |
| Pfofo | 67 | 55 | / |
| Pafas | 67 | 32 | / |
| Phofo | 67 | 27 | / |
| Payfa | 67 | 19 | / |
| Patfa | 67 | 14 | / |
| Pafah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Paefa | 67 | 6 | / |
| Padfa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Peffo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Peufo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pafat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Pafaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Paafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pofou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pefuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pafâh | 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 Pafo
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