Ufon Surname

601,907th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 516 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ufon Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ufon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4091:433,11222,320
Cameroon1061:195,93520,315
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Ufon (1,074) may also be a first name.

Ufon Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ufon is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ufon? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 601,907th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 14,123,151 people. Ufon occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ufon reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 243,917th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 1,074 people.

The last name Ufon is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 409 people, or 1 in 433,112. In Nigeria Ufon is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 66 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Ufon is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ufong8950/
Ufone895/
Gufon895/
Oufon892/
Uffon892/
Ufont891/
Ufond891/
Ufoun891/
Guffon80107/
Houfon8080/
Haufon8020/
Aufong8015/
Goufon8015/
Gufoon809/
Huffon803/
Hutfon802/
Ufound802/
Hudfon801/
Euffon801/
Ufoten801/
Husfon801/
Uffong801/
Ufuong801/
Aufond801/
Ifon751,010/
Ufan75117/
Ufom7577/
Ufun7511/
Houffon73202/
Gouffon73141/
Ehoufon737/
Oufoung731/
Goufhon731/
Euffong731/
Huffong731/
Oufan673,616/
Ufang67284/
Ouchfoun67240/
Eufan67176/
Jifon6795/
Ufung6795/
Gufan6770/
Uphon6727/
Aufan6725/
Hufan6721/
Ehouffon6713/
Uffan677/
Usfan677/
Ufane677/
Ufand674/
Ufaan673/
Ufune672/
Hifon672/
Ufuun671/
Ufgan671/
Iffon671/
Ufund671/
Utfan671/
Gouëffon671/
Uhfan671/

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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 Ufon
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