Voovoo Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Voovoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 25 | 1:176,341 | 12,123 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Voovoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Voovoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Voovoo occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Voovoo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,882,373rd most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The surname Voovoo is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Voovoo live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 176,341. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Gbarpolu County, where 96 percent are found and Margibi County, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Liberia it is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Voovoo
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