Samfon Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Samfon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Samfon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Samfon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Samfon is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Samfon? popularity and diffusion
The surname Samfon is the 4,532,898th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Samfon reside; 89 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 1,221,710. In Cameroon Samfon is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 59 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 41 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samfong | 92 | 14 | / |
| Samfone | 92 | 1 | / |
| Sampfon | 92 | 1 | / |
| Samfont | 92 | 0 | / |
| Samfan | 83 | 8 | / |
| Sanfon | 83 | 6 | / |
| Samfun | 83 | 1 | / |
| Samfonova | 80 | 6 | / |
| Somfong | 77 | 141 | / |
| Sanfong | 77 | 96 | / |
| Sanfone | 77 | 73 | / |
| Samphon | 77 | 22 | / |
| Somfhon | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sanfond | 77 | 3 | / |
| Samfund | 77 | 3 | / |
| Samfane | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sanfont | 77 | 1 | / |
| Campfon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sanpfon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saanfon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Siamphon | 71 | 777 | / |
| Sounmfon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sasinfon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chamfong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jamfoong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jamfoung | 71 | 1 | / |
| Somfan | 67 | 212 | / |
| Sanfan | 67 | 145 | / |
| Sanfun | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sanfom | 67 | 5 | / |
| Canfon | 67 | 3 | / |
| Somfun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zamfan | 67 | 2 | / |
| Comfon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Janfon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Samphuong | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shamfhoum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jomfon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zanfon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Somfom | 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
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- 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 Samfon
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