Poffu Surname

5,812,366th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Poffu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Poffu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Poffu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Poffu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Poffu is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Poffu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,812,366th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Poffu reside; 91 percent reside in Southern Africa and 91 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Poffu is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,417,770. In South Africa it is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 90 percent live and Mpumalanga, where 10 percent live. Other than South Africa it exists in one country. It is also found in Argentina, where 9 percent live.

Poffu Last Name Statistics demography

Poffu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 81.49% less than the national average, earning R 43,992 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Phoffu91177/
Pofu89157/
Phofu801,115/
Pofut801/
Pofou801/
Hpofu801/
Pofus801/
Poiffaut77114/
Peffau7386/
Phoofu7322/
Poufut731/
Poufou731/
Paffau730/
Pafu6753/
Pefu6723/
Poufeup672/
Poufuha671/
Poufoup671/
Poufeut671/
Pfaeffu671/

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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 Poffu
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