Pofine Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Pofine Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
The alternate forms: Pôfine (1) are calculated separately.
Pofine (14) may also be a first name.
Pofine Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pofine Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Pofine occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Pôfine. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Pofine? popularity and diffusion
The surname Pofine is the 3,798,600th most common surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Pofine is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Pofine are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 14 people.
Pofine is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 798,810. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: North Region, where 92 percent are found, Far North Region, where 4 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Chad, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pôfine | 94 | 1 | / |
| Pofinet | 92 | 599 | / |
| Pofiene | 92 | 7 | / |
| Poufine | 92 | 2 | / |
| Pofienne | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pohfiene | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pofane | 83 | 278 | / |
| Pefine | 83 | 21 | / |
| Pofene | 83 | 11 | / |
| Phofane | 77 | 149 | / |
| Poffijn | 77 | 5 | / |
| Peufine | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pofenet | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pohfene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Pafiene | 77 | 1 | / |
| Peufiene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pouphine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pophiene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pafune | 67 | 4 | / |
| Pafini | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pefune | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phophinet | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pafane | 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 Pofine
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