Vodong Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Vodong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Vodong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vodong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vodong is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Vodong.
How Common Is The Last Name Vodong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most common family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Vodong reside; 65 percent reside in Central Africa and 65 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Vodong is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent live and Far North Region, where 8 percent live. Other than Cameroon Vodong is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Taiwan, where 12 percent live and Vietnam, where 12 percent live.
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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 Vodong
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